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Projectile event in Rakhine, Maungdaw area, Myanmar on Wed 12th February 2020

12th February 2020

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On 12 February 2020, in Yae Chan Pyin Village, in Tha Yet Pyin Village Tract, in Buthidaung Township, in Rakhine State, an artillery shell landed into a house in the Yae Chan Pyin village where a Muslim majority lives. The explosion of the shell killed three people and injured two others. Relatives of the victims claimed that the artillery shell came from a security outpost at the Sai Din bridge where Myanmar military border guards forces are stationed.

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Rakhine ( Maungdaw area )

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