Local residents have accused the military’s Ponnagyun-based Light Infantry Battalion No. 550 of firing the mortar shell.

Though it is time to harvest paddy, many farmers are unable to do so due to fighting around their villages and the junta’s indiscriminate artillery strikes.

“The military launched a drone attack on the village without fighting. A woman sustained severe injuries to her left eye and abdomen,” said a local woman from Khamaungdaw Village.

An elderly man was killed and a teenage girl was injured after mortar shells landed and exploded in Kainggyi Village, part of Arakan State’s Maungdaw Township, on November 25, according to locals.

A mortar shell fired by a Myanmar Navy vessel fell in Ba One Ward, Pauktaw, killing Daw Oo Nyunt Sein, a 70-year-old woman, on the spot.

Eight junta soldiers were killed and some were wounded in a clash with the Arakan Army (AA) near Kainggyi Village in Maungdaw Township, Arakan State, the Three Brotherhood Alliance said in a statement on Saturday.

More houses caught fire in Arakan State’s Pauktaw town on Saturday after being hit by artillery shells fired by junta warships and the No. 12 Police Battalion in Sittwe.

Currently, the two sides are fighting in seven townships in Arakan State including Maungdaw, Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Pauktaw, Kyauktaw, Minbya and Myebon, as well as Paletwa in neighbouring Chin State.

The AA attacked the BGF outpost at around 5 p.m. on November 24, and fierce clashes were reported thereafter as the military fired mortar shells.

A local resident was killed and several homes and religious buildings were damaged after junta jet fighters attacked downtown Loilempi and nearby areas.

Locals said that the heavy weapons hit on the Ponnagyun market was a deliberate attack by the regime to cause harm to the civilians during the latest hostilities in Arakan State.

“We heard loud explosions. Three artillery shells landed and exploded in the village, killing a man and injuring four women,” said a local woman from Laigwin Village.

As Kyaukphyu is an island town, residents rely on other townships to buy food supplies. The town mainly sources rice from Sittwe, Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun townships, with the bulk of shipments made by water.

Junta artillery strikes caused a fire at Myoma Market in Arakan State’s Ponnagyun town on Friday, according to local residents.

A 30-year-old woman and a man were killed by a junta artillery strike on Tuesday. A 3-year-old toddler and three men in their 30s were injured.

U Kovissa aka Nyein Chan Win, the Buddhist monk detained, has been using the “Ashin Kor Wae Da” Facebook account to spread propaganda with the aim of disrupting national stability, the junta-affiliated newspaper said.

"We have run out of money and face many difficulties. We currently eat one meal per day,” said a correspondent student stuck in Kyauktaw.

Eight residents of Kyaukphyu Township, Arakan State, who were arrested on suspicion of having ties to the Arakan Army (AA) during the 2022 fighting, were sentenced to three years in prison under Section 505(a) of the Penal Code.

Shells fired by the junta’s warships and No. 12 Police Battalion based in Sittwe landed on No. 1 Ward in Pauktaw at 12 p.m., and houses caught fire, a witness told DMG.