26.03.2025 (04:30 PM)

The village administrator of Nyaung Kone Gyi in Paung Township, Mon State, and his wife were shot dead and his wife was injured by a bullet, according to local residents.

At around 6:20 a.m. on February 26, three men on two motorbikes arrived at the village administrator’s house and opened fire on him, according to a local eyewitness.

He continued, “When the three men arrived at the village administrator’s house, they pretended to have a letter of recommendation and asked to enter the compound. When the village administrator and his wife opened the gate, two men entered the compound and a man wearing black shorts shot them with a gun.”

The village administrator, U Myint Soe, who was shot, suffered one bullet wound to the chest, He was shot in the neck and died at the scene, while his wife, Daw Mi Nge, was shot in the abdomen and left arm and was taken to Paung Township General Hospital for treatment, the local resident said.

The gunmen who opened fire on the Nyaung Kone Gyi Village Administrator and his wife were speaking to each other in Karen, two of them were wearing Karen traditional clothing, while the other was wearing black shorts. After the shooting, they fled on a motorbike towards the Nyaung Kone Gyi Village Primary School, and took away the gold ring that the administrator, U Myint Soe, was wearing.

On February 13, U Thet Paing Soe, the administrator of Kwin Sya Village in Ye Township, Mon State, was also shot and killed.

Additionally, two people were killed and one (1) person was injured in a shooting incident in Mon State last January.