A policeman was injured in a shooting at the Ye Town police station yesterday (July 28th), and another person was shot and killed on the beach.
According to a local resident, Ye Blue, an armed group based in the area are behind the attacks.
“He came on a motorcycle. He fired a gun and he threw a hand grenade. A policeman was injured. We know that the injury is not serious,” he said.
Mon News Agency has contacted the Ye Town Police to confirm details of the incident.
On the same day, a 40 year old male, known as U Moe Lin, who was selling cork rings and coconut juice from a small tent on the beach, was shot and killed by the Ye Blue group at around 11:00 yesterday afternoon.
It is believed that U Moe Lin, who is not a native of the area, was a police and military informant.
The Ye Blue group has issued a public letter informing people in the area to be careful of military informants.
Tensions are high this past week, as the village Administrator for the State Administrative Council who is also a member of the Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP), along with some villagers had been accused of being Dalan. Dalan is a Burmese word used derogatively by anti-coup forces to describe military informants.
