2 shot dead, 1 injured by gunman in Mong Kung
Two men were shot dead and another injured by
unknown assailants in southern Shan State’s Mong Kung Township.
According to a local activist who wished to remain
anonymous, the incident occurred on the evening of April 3, near Parng Kethu
tract, 19 miles from Mong Kung. Two men died at the scene while the other was
taken to a local hospital.
“The three victims were identified as Loong Teaja,
Loong Sarng Su Lai and Sai Sarng Htun,” said the source. “Loong Teaja and Loong
Sarng Su Lai died immediately. Sai Sarng Htun was wounded on his hands and taken
to hospital.”
The source said no eye-witnesses had come forward
nor clues established. However, he said, it was suspected that the victims were
shot by a people’s militia group as an act of vengeance because Loong Teaja had
been a soldier for the Wanparng People’s Militia No. 758, whose leader Maj. Sai Toi was assassinated in
September last year.
The Wanparng People’s
Militia has been active in Namsarng and Lai Kha townships. Before its former leader
Col. Murngzuen surrendered to the Burmese military in 2005, the militia had
been armed as Brigade 758 of the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State
Army (RCSS/SSA).
However when Col.
Murngzuen was killed in 2010, leadership passed to Maj. Sai Toi who soon after
suffered a similar fate.
By Shan Herald Agency for
News (SHAN)
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