Locals say that the Military Council and the Pyu Saw Htee have raided Lemah Village in Gangaw Township, Magway Division, killing 11 people, including four students, and arresting 10 civilians. The Military Council and the Pyu Saw Htee, a total of about 100 from the 50th Battalion and the Artillery Battalion of Gangaw Township, raided Lemah Village at around 2 am today, May 12.
“They fired guns on the roof and surrounded the village. They dragged out all the people from the village and arrested them. The students were taken out of the village and killed. They shot the students. They tortured and killed the others,” said a resident of Gangaw Township.
The students who were killed were Maung Maw Wai (13yrs), Maung Shan Htun (12), The others are Ko Kyaw San Khaing (24), Ko Thet Paing Oo (23), Ko Aung Kyi Min (39), Ko Nay Lin Oo (25), Ko Nyi Lay (27), Ko John Go Win (19) and Ko Kyaw Myat Thu (19).
In addition, the Military Council and the Pyu Saw Htee joint group abducted 10 civilians, including three women, from Le Ma village and took them to the 50th Battalion in Gangaw Township, and they have not been released as of this evening.
“When we first arrested 23 people. This morning, 13 were released. The remaining 10 were reportedly beaten and interrogated at the 50th Battalion. Three of them were women. They have not been released. Now the villagers are afraid to stay in the village,” said a resident of Gangaw Township.
The Military Council lobby telegram channels and propaganda media have been spreading news that 22 PDFs were killed and seven guns were seized in a raid on the PDF camp in Lemah village this morning, but four underage students were also killed.
There is no PDF camp in Lemah village, and some PDF troops may have been reported to the village because they were not informed, so the Military Council and Pyu Saw Htee troops may have raided and killed civilians along with them, said a person close to the Gangaw Township Revolutionary Army.
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