Resurgence of violence in Moe Bye: Children killed, religious buildings destroyed

Key Event Details

• Location of Incident: Hpar Lai Nang Pei (ဖါလိုင်နန်းပဲ) (also known as Warisu Palai (ဝါရီဆူးပလိုင်)) [19.720360, 97.094048] and Moe Bye town (မိုးဗြဲမြို့) (also spelt Moebye or Mobye), Pekon Township (ဖယ်ခုံမြို့နယ်), southern Shan state (ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်တောင်ပိုင်း) [19.744369, 97.093033].

• Date/Time of Incidents: Multiple dates

• Armed clashes: 8-12 September 2022

• Attack on the Pagoda: 16 September 2022

• Alleged Perpetrator(s) and/or Involvement: 

• State Administration Council (SAC)

• People’s Defence Force (PDF)

• Karenni National Defence Forces (KNDF)

• Karenni Revolutionary Union (KRU)

• Urban Revolutionary Front (URF)

• Karenni Generation Z (KGZ)

• Summary of Investigation:

• Clashes in Moe Bye lasted for five consecutive days and led to the destruction of residential, commercial and public structures and allegedly the death of a child.

• SAC troops appear to have occupied Mary Mother of God church (ဘုရား၏သန့်ရှင်းသော မယ်တော်ဘုရားကျောင်း).

• Myanmar Witness has verified the presence of Chinese made K-8 fighter jets, which were spotted above the town on several occasions.

• At least four people, including two children, were allegedly killed as shells hit the Mwedaw Pagoda (မွေတော်ဘုရား) on 16 September 2022.

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