Four bodies found in Maungtaw

February 21, 2017

A local police force on 16 February discovered four dead bodies buried in a field near a village in Maungtaw Township, according a police report yesterday.

Acting on a tip-off given by Asu Bawbi, 55, of Luphanpyin Village that bodies were buried in the place about 300 yards south of the village, local police unearthed the bodies of one man and three women.

Police found that the body of the man had one gunshot wound that entered under his left arm and ended in his head. Two of the three women were found with gunshot wounds in the backbone and suffered fractured spines. The third woman had no visible injuries.

Ngakuya Township Police has opened a file on the case under section 302 of the Penal Code and are investigating.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar