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SAGAING DIVISION – Villagers in the west of Shwebo Township say that thousands of people are fleeing to safety because the terrorist army is firing heavy weapons and patrolling the villages.
Since the morning of April 18th, the terrorist army has been firing heavy weapons and storming the villages. It is reported that thousands of people from Southern Chipa Village, Northern Chipa Village, Kimbya village, Oh Bo village, Minkone village and Kyippwekone village have fled to safety.
At about 8:00 a.m., a column of about 40 terrorist soldiers with 2 vehicles started from in front of the Shwe Dar monastery in the west of Shwe Bo, stationed on the hill of Nirvana Sate Oo Pagoda and opened fire on the villages with heavy weapons across Mu irrigation cannel south of Min Gone village, they was waiting for the reinforcements. At around 10:00 in the morning, a column with 70 soldiers arrived again with 12-wheeled vehicles and raided Chipa village with more than 100 soldiers.
“The terrorist war dogs in Chipa village started firing deliberately with heavy weapons fell on the village of Kyippwekone village in the west of Chipa village. Out of 4 shells, 1 of them hit 40-year-old Daw Cho Tu who was picking roselle leaves. She is seriously injured and is still receiving treatment. 1 fell on a buffalo farm, 3 buffaloes were killed and several buffaloes were hit by shrapnels,” said a local resident.
The terrorist junta council column is still inside the Chipa Village till 5 p.m. in the evening the people from five villages are on the run.