Two masked gunmen shot volleys of shots at the church priest, Father Paul Hkwi Shane Aung, as they entered the St. Patrick Catholic Church in the city of Mohnyin, Myanmar, during service on Friday night. Aung survived the assault despite being hit three days.
When the militants stormed in and opened fire, the preacher, according to an observer, had really finished reading a Bible section.
” They wore dark cap and faces. They fired again when they walked through the church door and once more when they got to the church’s centre. Then they came up to him and fired a second time, according to the testimony.
According to another witness, the assailants used the same method of escape as they did when they arrived on a bicycle. The attackers were still at big as of Friday evening.
Father Aung, 40, was struck by shots in his neck, hands, and hip. He was taken to a doctor in Mohnyin for emergency medical care, and he eventually became a resident of Myitkyina, the state capital of Kachin.
An advocate in Kachin state claimed on Friday that “anti-social elements are fueling religious and cultural conflict as the military-ruled country’s civil war enters a crucial step.”
The Kachin Independence Army (KIA ), a military alliance of six regional tribes, and the ruling military dictatorship are the main adversaries in the area.
Since starting a key offensive with a number of allied ethnic militias in October, the KIA is the most potent and battle-tested organization to oust Myanmar’s military authorities. It has taken tens of military installations and two big military installations.
Some artillery shell that rushed directly over the borders into China were used by the junta, which sparked strong opposition from the ruling party in Beijing.
The state is largely made up of ethnic Burmans who practice Buddhism, while many of the rebel nations have Christian populations, so the coup also appears to be expressing its rage toward churches and pastors. In Kachin, Christians make up about a third of the population.
Since gaining independence in 1948, Myanmar has experienced numerous military dictatorships, with each coup focusing on the disloyalization of Catholics.
Another Christians have also experienced oppression. A Baptist priest named Nammye Hkun Jaw Li was killed on March 18 while employed by an unknown assailant in a Kachin state machine shop. Li was a vocal critic of the military administration and administrator of demonstrations.
” They shot him in his chest double, and when he did not die, they likewise shot him in the head”, said a source close to Li’s home.
