Myanmar army shelling ‘kills women, 2 infants’ in RakhineA landscape view of the downtown with ancient pagodas in the background in Mrauk U, Rakhine state, Myanmar June 28, 2019. The army unleashed a counter-insurgency campaign against the Arakan Army, which recruits from the region's mostly Buddhist ethnic Rakhine population, almost a year ago. Two pregnant women were among the wounded, and the woman killed in the shelling was a mother of three, Tun Aung Kyaw, a regional MP from Mrauk U, told Reuters. Before the recent fighting, Mrauk U was popular with international tourists who came to see the ancient temples that dot the landscape. "This has happened in a civilian area in Mrauk U town and also near… an ancient pagoda," said Zaw Htun, a local teacher.

Source: Bangkok Post December 03, 2019 10:41 UTC