Practically 700 individuals have been compelled to go away their properties after junta troops set hearth to a village in Pauk Township, in Myanmar’s northeastern Magway area.

A Kyet Su Aint resident, who didn’t need to be named for safety causes, stated that troopers raided the village of Kyet Su Aint on Monday evening and burned homes the next morning.

“The smoke began to be seen round 8:00 within the morning,” the native stated, including that outlets have been additionally destroyed. 

“I heard {that a} soldier and a civilian died.  I’m not certain as a result of the telephone line was not clear. They [the villagers] stated that our bodies have been buried. Villagers stated that additionally they discovered stretchers. Now they [the troops] have left the village.”

The main points of deaths and casualties and the variety of homes destroyed haven’t been independently verified. RFA contacted Soe Paying Myint, a spokesman for the army council in Magway however he didn’t reply.

Locals stated there have been round 170 households in Kyet Su Aint village, with almost 700 residents. 

The junta troopers have been raiding villages in Pauk township since Sept. 23. Residents from 11 villages, together with Kyet  Su Aint, Yar Gyi Pyin, Kyauk Khwet, and Son Kone have fled the raids, in accordance with locals.

Greater than 98,100 individuals have fled Magway area for the reason that army coup on Feb. 1, 2021, in accordance with information issued by the United Nations Workplace for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) on Sept. 5.