More than 30,000 Karen refugees in KNU territory.
Mudaw (Hpapun) District The KNU-Karen National Union (KNU) has released a statement saying that a villager was killed when artillery shells were fired at the village yesterday (April 8) by military forces from the coup d'etat.
At around 18:35 pm on April 8, the military council troops from the Paw Khae Kho base camp entered the village of Yemu Plaw with three shells. A 60-year-old Saw Ki Bu was shot dead in May Phwe Htar Village, Ye Mu Palaw Tract, Luthaw Township,
after four shots were fired into four villages and five into Saw Mu Palaw Village.
Residents in Naypyidaw said they feared more bombings as two military jets flew by the military junta twice in Depuno village near the KNU's 5th Brigade headquarters yesterday.
From March 27 to April 8, 20 local villagers were killed and 27 others were injured in bombings and artillery shelling by the military junta, according to the Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN).
The Free Burma Ranger (FBR) reported on April 5 that
more than 20,000 villagers have been forced to flee their homes due to heavy artillery fire and airstrikes in the village.
Since the military coup on February 1, KNU Thaton District (Brigade 1); Toungoo District (Brigade 2); Nyaung Lay Pin District (Brigade 3);
Beit Dawei District (Brigade 4); Mudaw District (5th Brigade); According to the KNU, there have been more than 200 shootings in Dooplaya District (Brigade 6) and Hpa-an District (Brigade 7) due to the increasing number of military council troops.
In addition, the military council troops are stationed in villages and towns where people live. Home Villagers were killed and wounded when artillery shells were fired at their workplaces on a daily basis. Housing The KNU said that many places to work and eat were destroyed.