The military shot dead a man on a motorbike and injured the driver in Kalay town in Sagaing Region on 2 March.
An eyewitness said the passenger’s intestines fell out after the bullet pierced his stomach, while the driver was shot in his leg and managed to flee from the soldiers in front of the Irrigation Department in Tawng Zalap Ward.
Although it’s not illegal to ride a motorbike in the town where fighting with the local People’s Defence Force is frequent, soldiers sometimes shoot at bikes without provocation. However, it’s unclear why they opened fire in the recent attack.
After the incident, the military began stopping anyone who was on the road.