A shell blast at a government guest house killed a 12-year-old boy and both of his parents on Tuesday morning amid intense fighting in Lashio, northern Shan State’s largest city, locals said.
The child’s father has been identified as Kyi Win, the deputy general administrator of northern Shan State’s Hseni (Hsenwi) Township.
The family had been staying in Lashio since last year, when the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) and its allies launched attacks on Hseni that eventually led to its capture by anti-junta forces.
“When I went by to check this morning, the Kanbawza guest house roof had been completely blown off and torn to pieces. It seems the shell made a direct hit,” a resident of Lashio said.
He added that Kyi Win had been killed immediately, but his wife and child died later at the hospital. . .
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