Missing Khami ethnic found dead

February 27, 2017

One of the two Khami ethnic villagers attacked by three unidentified people armed with axes and knives near Thaye Konebaung village of Maungtaw Township on Friday was found dead on Sunday. On Friday evening, Aung Kyaw Sein, 46, a Khamee national, was wounded with a cut to his back and was hospitalized at Buthidaung hospital.

The other Khami national, Htun Thar Maung, 24, fled the scene and did not return home. The security forces searched for him and found his body on Sunday afternoon in the upper reaches of the Letwedan creek near Kaigyi village with knife wounds to his neck and back. The search for the attackers continues, at which time they will be arrested, according to the police force.

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar