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KHRG received these photos from a local villager on May 20th 2025. The photos were taken in Ae--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District. On May 14th 2025, at around 4 pm, SAC’s LIB #545 indiscriminately fired mortar shells into Aa--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract, and injured a villager named Saw A--- on his right ankle, as shown in these photos. [Photos: local villager]
SAC shelling causes casualties in T’Nay Hsah Township
On April 14th 2025, in the afternoon at around 4 pm, the State Administration Council (SAC)[2] indiscriminately fired mortar shells into Aa--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract[3], T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District, and injured a villager named Saw[4] A--- on his right ankle.
Saw A--- explained [to KHRG]: “In the morning, fighting [between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[5] and the SAC] happened in my village [area]. In the afternoon, after the sound of gunfire had stopped, my mother cooked rice. Later, [she] left [her house] to feed her cattle.” [After his mother had left the house,] he [Saw A---] went to the toilet [located outside of the house]. As he was returning from the toilet [at around 4 pm], a mortar shell landed behind the toilet, and shrapnel [from the explosion] hit his ankle. He fell [on the ground] immediately [after he was hit].
He [Saw A---] received treatment [free of charge] in Ae--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract, from a healthcare worker [trained by the Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW)[6]], as well as from a traditional medicine healer. Saw A--- and his family members [along with many other villagers from nearby villages] have fled to Ae--- village.
The mortar shell was a 120 mm shell, and villagers believed it was fired by [SAC] Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #545, [since they are] based in [adjacent] Kruh Tuh [area, Kruh Tuh Township].
On April 15th 2025, between 7 and 8 am, Burma Army soldiers fired a 120 mm mortar shell [into Ab--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract], killing [nine] extended family members who lived in Ab--- village. The family members were all Tamil.
According to the village head of Ab--- village named U[8] B---, in the morning, Karen [KNLA] soldiers entered the village and told the villagers to move to another place [because there had been fighting near the village]. Many mortar shells [fired by the SAC] landed near the village, but they did not injure anyone. However, at about 7 am, [a group of nine] extended family members were preparing to flee the village. When they had all gathered inside a car [a jeep], a 120 mm mortar shell landed on the car, killing seven of them on the spot.
The explosion killed seven people instantly: C--- (27 years old), D--- (35 years old), E--- (32 years old), F--- (22 years old), G--- (9 years old), H--- (7 years old), and I---’s daughter (10 months). Two other people [Maung[9] J--- (28 years old), and K--- (27 years old)] were still alive [but injured seriously], so they were sent to Hpa-an hospital [in SAC-controlled Hpa-an Town, in Hpa-an District]. However, they died on the way. They were buried in Af--- [village], near Hpa-an Town.
Villagers think that this mortar shell was fired by SAC soldiers based in Kruh Tuh [area] [in Kruh Tuh Township]. However, the villagers were not sure if it was fired by LIB #545 or LIB #546 [as both LIBs are based in the area]. [All other villagers from Ab--- village fled the village.]
On April 16th 2025, at 4 pm, the Burma Army [SAC] conducted shelling into Ac--- village, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District, and hit Saw L--- and Saw M--- while they were riding their motorcycle to go shopping. Villagers said the mortar shell was 120 mm. While they were unsure which battalion [SAC] fired the shell, they believed the mortar shell was fired from Kruh Tuh [area].
Saw L--- was killed on the spot. Saw M--- was sent to a clinic but he died on the way. On that same night, the two were buried [by the village tract leader and other villagers] at Ag--- cemetery, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township.
On April 17th 2025, at 3 pm, the Burma Army fired a mortar shell into Ad--- village, Noh T’Pweh village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township. The mortar shell landed in the house compound of a villager named Saw N--- when he was building a water well. Villagers stated that it was unclear which [SAC] battalion fired this mortar shell, but local [Karen National Union (KNU)[10]] authorities assumed that the mortar shell was fired by the [SAC’s] Military Operations Command (MOC)[11] #12, based at the Hlaing Wa army camp [near Kaw T’Ree Town, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District] or Burma Army troops based at Kyaik T’Ta bridge [in Kruh Tuh Township]. [12]
The shell landed when Saw N---, Maung O---, and Saw P--- were mixing cement to build the water well. The shrapnel hit the water well’s stands and nearby trees. One person [Saw N---] was lightly injured by sand and stone [sent into the air by the mortar shell explosion]. A KNU Township leader stated that the shell casing separated from the nose of the shell in the air and that the shell was not a 120 mm shell.
During fighting with the KNLA near Kruh Tuh and Kaw T’Ree Towns, the Burma Army indiscriminately conducted shelling onto the village and not at their enemy [the KNLA].
Further background reading on the situation on SAC Shelling Attacks in Southeast Burma/Myanmar can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on 16th 2025 by a villager in Ac--- village, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District. On May 16th 2025, at about 4 pm, SAC soldiers conducted shelling into Ac--- village, killing Saw L--- and Saw M---. The photo on the left shows the picture of Saw L---’s dead body, and the photo on the right shows the picture of Saw M---’s dead body, being transported by car to the cemetery before people buried them. [Photos: Local villager].
SAC shelling causes casualties in T’Nay Hsah Township
On April 14th 2025, in the afternoon at around 4 pm, the State Administration Council (SAC)[2] indiscriminately fired mortar shells into Aa--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract[3], T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District, and injured a villager named Saw[4] A--- on his right ankle.
Saw A--- explained [to KHRG]: “In the morning, fighting [between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[5] and the SAC] happened in my village [area]. In the afternoon, after the sound of gunfire had stopped, my mother cooked rice. Later, [she] left [her house] to feed her cattle.” [After his mother had left the house,] he [Saw A---] went to the toilet [located outside of the house]. As he was returning from the toilet [at around 4 pm], a mortar shell landed behind the toilet, and shrapnel [from the explosion] hit his ankle. He fell [on the ground] immediately [after he was hit].
He [Saw A---] received treatment [free of charge] in Ae--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract, from a healthcare worker [trained by the Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW)[6]], as well as from a traditional medicine healer. Saw A--- and his family members [along with many other villagers from nearby villages] have fled to Ae--- village.
The mortar shell was a 120 mm shell, and villagers believed it was fired by [SAC] Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #545, [since they are] based in [adjacent] Kruh Tuh [area, Kruh Tuh Township].
On April 15th 2025, between 7 and 8 am, Burma Army soldiers fired a 120 mm mortar shell [into Ab--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract], killing [nine] extended family members who lived in Ab--- village. The family members were all Tamil.
According to the village head of Ab--- village named U[8] B---, in the morning, Karen [KNLA] soldiers entered the village and told the villagers to move to another place [because there had been fighting near the village]. Many mortar shells [fired by the SAC] landed near the village, but they did not injure anyone. However, at about 7 am, [a group of nine] extended family members were preparing to flee the village. When they had all gathered inside a car [a jeep], a 120 mm mortar shell landed on the car, killing seven of them on the spot.
The explosion killed seven people instantly: C--- (27 years old), D--- (35 years old), E--- (32 years old), F--- (22 years old), G--- (9 years old), H--- (7 years old), and I---’s daughter (10 months). Two other people [Maung[9] J--- (28 years old), and K--- (27 years old)] were still alive [but injured seriously], so they were sent to Hpa-an hospital [in SAC-controlled Hpa-an Town, in Hpa-an District]. However, they died on the way. They were buried in Af--- [village], near Hpa-an Town.
Villagers think that this mortar shell was fired by SAC soldiers based in Kruh Tuh [area] [in Kruh Tuh Township]. However, the villagers were not sure if it was fired by LIB #545 or LIB #546 [as both LIBs are based in the area]. [All other villagers from Ab--- village fled the village.]
On April 16th 2025, at 4 pm, the Burma Army [SAC] conducted shelling into Ac--- village, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District, and hit Saw L--- and Saw M--- while they were riding their motorcycle to go shopping. Villagers said the mortar shell was 120 mm. While they were unsure which battalion [SAC] fired the shell, they believed the mortar shell was fired from Kruh Tuh [area].
Saw L--- was killed on the spot. Saw M--- was sent to a clinic but he died on the way. On that same night, the two were buried [by the village tract leader and other villagers] at Ag--- cemetery, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township.
On April 17th 2025, at 3 pm, the Burma Army fired a mortar shell into Ad--- village, Noh T’Pweh village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township. The mortar shell landed in the house compound of a villager named Saw N--- when he was building a water well. Villagers stated that it was unclear which [SAC] battalion fired this mortar shell, but local [Karen National Union (KNU)[10]] authorities assumed that the mortar shell was fired by the [SAC’s] Military Operations Command (MOC)[11] #12, based at the Hlaing Wa army camp [near Kaw T’Ree Town, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District] or Burma Army troops based at Kyaik T’Ta bridge [in Kruh Tuh Township]. [12]
The shell landed when Saw N---, Maung O---, and Saw P--- were mixing cement to build the water well. The shrapnel hit the water well’s stands and nearby trees. One person [Saw N---] was lightly injured by sand and stone [sent into the air by the mortar shell explosion]. A KNU Township leader stated that the shell casing separated from the nose of the shell in the air and that the shell was not a 120 mm shell.
During fighting with the KNLA near Kruh Tuh and Kaw T’Ree Towns, the Burma Army indiscriminately conducted shelling onto the village and not at their enemy [the KNLA].
Further background reading on the situation on SAC Shelling Attacks in Southeast Burma/Myanmar can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken on April 17th 2025, in Ad--- village, Noh T’Pweh village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District. On April 17th 2025, at 3 pm, the Burma Army fired a mortar shell into Ad--- village that landed in Saw N---’s house compound when he was building a water well. The photo on the left shows the damaged water well stands. The photo on right shows Saw N---’s arm, which was lightly injured by the fragments of a stone due to the shell explosion. [Photo: KHRG].
SAC shelling causes casualties in T’Nay Hsah Township
On April 14th 2025, in the afternoon at around 4 pm, the State Administration Council (SAC)[2] indiscriminately fired mortar shells into Aa--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract[3], T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District, and injured a villager named Saw[4] A--- on his right ankle.
Saw A--- explained [to KHRG]: “In the morning, fighting [between the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA)[5] and the SAC] happened in my village [area]. In the afternoon, after the sound of gunfire had stopped, my mother cooked rice. Later, [she] left [her house] to feed her cattle.” [After his mother had left the house,] he [Saw A---] went to the toilet [located outside of the house]. As he was returning from the toilet [at around 4 pm], a mortar shell landed behind the toilet, and shrapnel [from the explosion] hit his ankle. He fell [on the ground] immediately [after he was hit].
He [Saw A---] received treatment [free of charge] in Ae--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract, from a healthcare worker [trained by the Karen Department of Health and Welfare (KDHW)[6]], as well as from a traditional medicine healer. Saw A--- and his family members [along with many other villagers from nearby villages] have fled to Ae--- village.
The mortar shell was a 120 mm shell, and villagers believed it was fired by [SAC] Light Infantry Battalion (LIB)[7] #545, [since they are] based in [adjacent] Kruh Tuh [area, Kruh Tuh Township].
On April 15th 2025, between 7 and 8 am, Burma Army soldiers fired a 120 mm mortar shell [into Ab--- village, Noh Hpa Doh village tract], killing [nine] extended family members who lived in Ab--- village. The family members were all Tamil.
According to the village head of Ab--- village named U[8] B---, in the morning, Karen [KNLA] soldiers entered the village and told the villagers to move to another place [because there had been fighting near the village]. Many mortar shells [fired by the SAC] landed near the village, but they did not injure anyone. However, at about 7 am, [a group of nine] extended family members were preparing to flee the village. When they had all gathered inside a car [a jeep], a 120 mm mortar shell landed on the car, killing seven of them on the spot.
The explosion killed seven people instantly: C--- (27 years old), D--- (35 years old), E--- (32 years old), F--- (22 years old), G--- (9 years old), H--- (7 years old), and I---’s daughter (10 months). Two other people [Maung[9] J--- (28 years old), and K--- (27 years old)] were still alive [but injured seriously], so they were sent to Hpa-an hospital [in SAC-controlled Hpa-an Town, in Hpa-an District]. However, they died on the way. They were buried in Af--- [village], near Hpa-an Town.
Villagers think that this mortar shell was fired by SAC soldiers based in Kruh Tuh [area] [in Kruh Tuh Township]. However, the villagers were not sure if it was fired by LIB #545 or LIB #546 [as both LIBs are based in the area]. [All other villagers from Ab--- village fled the village.]
On April 16th 2025, at 4 pm, the Burma Army [SAC] conducted shelling into Ac--- village, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township, Hpa-an District, and hit Saw L--- and Saw M--- while they were riding their motorcycle to go shopping. Villagers said the mortar shell was 120 mm. While they were unsure which battalion [SAC] fired the shell, they believed the mortar shell was fired from Kruh Tuh [area].
Saw L--- was killed on the spot. Saw M--- was sent to a clinic but he died on the way. On that same night, the two were buried [by the village tract leader and other villagers] at Ag--- cemetery, Kruh Tuh Hkee village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township.
On April 17th 2025, at 3 pm, the Burma Army fired a mortar shell into Ad--- village, Noh T’Pweh village tract, T’Nay Hsah Township. The mortar shell landed in the house compound of a villager named Saw N--- when he was building a water well. Villagers stated that it was unclear which [SAC] battalion fired this mortar shell, but local [Karen National Union (KNU)[10]] authorities assumed that the mortar shell was fired by the [SAC’s] Military Operations Command (MOC)[11] #12, based at the Hlaing Wa army camp [near Kaw T’Ree Town, Kaw T’Ree Township, Dooplaya District] or Burma Army troops based at Kyaik T’Ta bridge [in Kruh Tuh Township]. [12]
The shell landed when Saw N---, Maung O---, and Saw P--- were mixing cement to build the water well. The shrapnel hit the water well’s stands and nearby trees. One person [Saw N---] was lightly injured by sand and stone [sent into the air by the mortar shell explosion]. A KNU Township leader stated that the shell casing separated from the nose of the shell in the air and that the shell was not a 120 mm shell.
During fighting with the KNLA near Kruh Tuh and Kaw T’Ree Towns, the Burma Army indiscriminately conducted shelling onto the village and not at their enemy [the KNLA].
Further background reading on the situation on SAC Shelling Attacks in Southeast Burma/Myanmar can be found in the following KHRG reports: