Two men were killed when they were hit by a junta artillery shell in Karawaleseik Village, in Mon State’s Bilin Township on 20 March at about 7:30 p.m.
Following the assault on the residence of the Division Commander and the Division Headquarters office located at the headquarters of the No. 44 Light Infantry Division in Kyaikhto Township, Mon State, on March 21 at 10:00 am, the Kyaikhto Revolution Force (KRF) reported that the Military Council's troops have retaliated by launching artillery shells into the adjacent village.
Mon State MP U Kyaw Myo Min’s body was found with signs of torture in Bilin Township near the spot where two NLD members detained with him were found dead last week.
The junta army has threatened to destroy two Mon State villages if the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) does not release an army company commander and sergeant that it is holding.