{"id":3280,"date":"2023-07-18T14:54:10","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T14:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/?p=3280"},"modified":"2023-07-18T15:01:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T15:01:30","slug":"2-killed-at-least-5-injured-by-sac-troops-artillery-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/?p=3280","title":{"rendered":"2 killed, at least 5 injured by SAC troops\u2019 artillery fires\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A couple (25 year old man and 24 year old woman) were killed by the SAC junta\u2019s unprovoked firing of heavy weapons into their village of Cicai in Kalay township at around 8:00pm on July 13, 2023, according to reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3264\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3264 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/347602172_664130135732321_8992722549131150002_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/347602172_664130135732321_8992722549131150002_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/347602172_664130135732321_8992722549131150002_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/347602172_664130135732321_8992722549131150002_n-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/347602172_664130135732321_8992722549131150002_n-768x431.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The couple\u2019s house damaged by SAC troops\u2019 heavy weapons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The couple\u2019s child (two-and-a-half-year-old) was injured in the head, and 2 girls over 10 years old from the front house were also seriously injured, according to reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the same day, an artillery shell fired by the SAC troops exploded in Sataw village in Kalay township also, but no damage was reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3265\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3265 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/360139892_622713173293186_5403940108276362652_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/360139892_622713173293186_5403940108276362652_n.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/360139892_622713173293186_5403940108276362652_n-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/360139892_622713173293186_5403940108276362652_n-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/360139892_622713173293186_5403940108276362652_n-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chinaffairs.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/360139892_622713173293186_5403940108276362652_n-1536x863.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The shell of the weapon that was fired by SAC troops<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In total, artillery shells were fired 7 times at Sekan (Cekan), Sataw and Cicai villages in Kalay township on the same day, killing a total of two civilians and injuring at least five.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>#Loyalvan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; A couple (25 year old man and 24 year old woman) were killed by the SAC junta\u2019s unprovoked firing of heavy weapons into their village of Cicai in Kalay township at around 8:00pm on July 13, 2023, according to reports.\u00a0 The couple\u2019s child (two-and-a-half-year-old) was injured in the head, and 2 girls over&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news_publications"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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