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Projectile event in Myanmar on Wed 24th April 2024

24th April 2024

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On 24 April 2024, in Pyin Taw U village of Kale township (Kale district, Sagaing region), heavy artillery shells fired by the Myanmar military troops landed in the village at around 4 pm. The shelling killed four people including two 10-year-old children, a 65-year-old man and a woman, according to DVB, Khit Thit Media, Mizzima and Shwe Phee Myay News Agency. Myanmar Pressphoto Agency reported that five civilians, including two children, died and five others were injured. Fatalities coded as 4 using the lowest estimate.

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