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TANINTHARYI DIVISION – Over two thousand of local households were forced to flee since the terrorist junta columns penetrated Kanet Thiri and Kyweminkone villages in Thayet Chaung Township.
The junta column entered Kanet Thiri Village both by marching and by waterway at midnight on Saturday (January 14). The junta column had arrived at Kyweminkone Village since January 12.
“The villagers were forced to run since night. We can’t use flashlight or they will shoot at us from both sides,” said a local woman.
There are eight quarters in Kanet Thiri Village, where 1,449 households live in, according to the statics of 2014 and all of them had to flee due to the junta soldiers’ attacks.
Additionally, 510 households from Kyweminkone Village were on a run.
Since the villages are located near the sea and as the villagers have to use waterway to flee, they are having difficulties when the water level is low.
“The water surface level has lowered this morning. We can help them using boats when there is tide. But now we have to carry the villagers in the mud,” said a person who is helping the IDPs.
The junta soldiers are reportedly storming the houses in the villages till January 14 afternoon.
The whole village of Kanet Thiri also had to flee in July, 2024 due to the junta soldiers’ attacks.