CHIN —Local news agency @ChindwinNews is reporting that 162 buildings, including two churches, have burned down after the military fired rockets inside the town of Thantlang in what is the most devastating attack on an urban area since the start of the coup. 1/2
#Oct29Coup Thantlang Township, Chin State
SAC TROOPS SET FIRE TO HOUSES & MARKET
TODAY at 10:50 am, SAC stationed in Thantlang Township, set fire to 10 houses including Thantlang market & CB Bank. Local said gunfire could also be heard. Khit Thit #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
With latest heavy assault on #Myanmar Thantlang #Chin state, I spoke to #ethnic Chin Dr Lian Sakhong, also @NUGMyanmar federal union affairs minister. He says attacks leading to worsening "humanitarian crisis" in the state. Many also fled to India border #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
More than 60 houses have been burned to ground,spiralling to five blocks reaching from lower to the upper blocks in Thantlang,Chin State.
There is nobody to extinguish the fire.
The fire is started by the junta’s rocket-propelled grenades shelling and spiralling out of control.
A combined force of troops from LIB 269, 222 and LID 11 based in Thantlang have set fire to the abandoned town to fight off CDF fighters who shot & killed one killed one of them who broke into shops to steal goods. The inferno is likely to consume the entire town as it spreads.
Catholic & Baptist churches in Chin state have been targeted by SAC in recent months.Troops camped in churches destroyed church property priests & pastors arrested/shot/mutilated churches shelled. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar#Oct30Coup#HelpChinState
Due to SAC’s brutal action in Chin State, number of refugees has increased and there’re urgent need of food supplies & aids. Besides, SAC launched airstrikes. @Refugees@UN@UN_HRC ,We urge to #HelpChinState asap so that innocent civilians are not harmed. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Chin State In Thantlang, heavy artillery fire by SAC destroyed burnt down many homes and churches.Local are fleeing the war.Refugees in Mindat,are also in need of food and medicines.War is raging in various parts of Chin State. #HelpChinState#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar@Refugees
Situation in #Myanmar western #Chin state where #Thantlang town getting heavily bombarded by #military. Reports of at least 30 homes destroyed. That location has seen multiple attacks & a steady build-up of troops recently leading to this heavy assault. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
SAC is repeating same tactics,used in ethnic states since before coup,where locals were terrorized and got their human rights violated in every way possible. Cutting off internet to stop flow of info is one of them which mainly targets civilians. #JuntaCutOffInternetInMyanmar
In towns that have gone offline, there's been heavy bombardments by the military. As the terrorism of the military gets more menacing, the battles between military and local defense forces get more and more intensified. #JuntaCutOffInternetInMyanmar
SAC had cut off the internet & telecommunication networks in Pinlae Bu, Kawlin and Wuntho this morning. Over 20 towns in Myanmar had been reported to have gone offline. Meanwhile, the military has been bombarding those towns heavily using airstrikes. #JuntaCutOffInternetInMyanmar
This morning,Kawlin, Wuntho Pinlaebu Cities:have been cut off internet lines.More than 20 Places internet outages in Myanmar & Airstrikes are also underway. Junta troops are doing various things to hurt the people,not getting the right information. #JuntaCutOffInternetInMyanmar
DAWEI, Tanintharyi:
Ma Soe Mi Min Kyaw was ABDUCTED by SAC Terrorists on Sept 20. As she can't bear the torture during interrogation she tried to commit suicide by drinking METHYLATED SPIRIT.
She is now being treated at a military hospital.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#Sep22Coup
Three activists detained over bank robberies ‘to fund armed resistance’ against the junta - Myanmar NOW https://t.co/K7KNLltnB0 via
#ReleaseOurStudents#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
A Dagon University student, MinThukhaKyaw who was Abducted by SAC on June 16,was unjustly Sentenced to 10 years in prison on Sep 6. He had been denied access to a lawyer & couldn't still able to meet his family. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar#ReleaseOurStudents
Ma Soe Mi Mi Kyaw, university student from Dawei who was abducted by Junta terrorists on Sep20 tried to commit suicide by drinking methanol as she couldn't withstand Junta’s brutal torture anymore. #ReleaseOurStudents#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar