Seven elderly women and a six-year-old girl were seriously injured after junta forces fired on two villages in Mandalay Region’s Madaya Township on Wednesday, according to local sources.
The first attack took place at around 11am and targeted Taungkan, a village about 7 miles east of the town of Madaya. Two artillery shells landed in a monastery used to shelter displaced civilians, injuring three women, one of whom lost her leg, the sources said.
Two hours later, the village of Wathondara, near the border between Madaya and Patheingyi townships, was hit by five artillery shells. Five women in their sixties and a six-year-old girl were injured in the attack, a local man told Myanmar Now.
“They were at the village’s community hall. The women were all of similar age,” he said, identifying one of the victims as Khin Mar Lwin, whose granddaughter was among. . .
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