Three men and a woman displaced by the war were wounded when regime forces fired upon Myet Pyin Kyel and the surrounding farmland around the village in Kanpetlet Township, southern Chin State last week.
A volunteer helping displaced civilians said the soldiers entered the village and then attacked two bamboo huts housing farm workers with light and heavy fire.
Three people were seriously injured, while another person suffered minor injuries, he said. The victims, aged between 50 and 70, are being treated at an unspecified medical facility.
Another source, who is a member of a committee helping displaced villagers, told Khonumthung News that a regime column abducted six people on their way from Myet Pyin Kyel to Kyauk Tawng and released only two of them.
A week ago, Battalions 11, 55 and 101 of the Light Infantry Division were deployed from Hsaw Township in Magwe Region to Kanpetlet Township and have since been patrolling between Kyan Taw, Myet Pyin Kyel, Ahtet Let Moon, Ouk Let Moon and Hka Pan.
Ahtet Let Moon and Ouk Let Moon residents fled from the soldiers who invaded their village and returned when they had left it.
The Kanpetlet Chinland Defence Force, which is fighting the military regime, has issued travel warnings for the stretch between Kanpetlet and Hsaw road, urging residents to be wary of the military’s movements in the area and be ready to leave their villages before they arrive.