Two masked gunmen entered a Catholic church in Myanmar and fired at the parish priest during services. The priest was hit three times but survived the attack. The gunmen remain at large.
Two masked gunmen entered St. Patrick Catholic Church in the town of Mohnyin, Myanmar , on Friday morning during services and fired a volley of bullets at the parish priest, Father Paul Hkwi Shane Aung. Aung was hit three times but survived the attack.
“They wore black caps and masks. They fired once while entering through the church door, and then again when they reached the center of the church. Then they approached him and fired a third time,” the witness said. Father Aung, 40, was struck by bullets in his jaw, hand, and thigh. He was evacuated to a hospital in Mohnyin for emergency medical treatment and later transferred to a hospital in the Kachin state capital of Myitkyina.Union of Catholic Asian News on Friday that “anti-social elements are fomenting religious and ethnic conflict as the civil war in the military-ruled nation has entered a critical phase.
by unknown assailants while working in the computer shop he owned in Kachin state. Li was an outspoken critic of the military government and a protest organizer.
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