Projectile

Projectile event in Rakhine, Mrauk-U area, Myanmar on Tue 1st October 2019

1st October 2019

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On 1 October 2019, in Kyauktaw Township, in Rakhine State, an artillery shell launched from a naval ship by the Myanmar military landed inside a monastery school in Mi Wa village. The explosion of the shell injured a monk, a teacher, a novice and three students. Myanmar military claimed that it exchanged fire with AA whereas AA claimed no clash with the military. A resident claimed that it was one-sided shelling.

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Rakhine ( Mrauk-U area )

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