Monk Injured After Stepping on Explosive Device Planted by So-called PDF Terrorist Faction in Pakokku Township of Magway Region

Monk Injured After Stepping on Explosive Device Planted by So-called PDF Terrorist Faction in Pakokku Township of Magway Region

    In order to cause injuries to both peaceable civilians and administrative authorities who are striving to restore the rule of law, extreme terrorists provide financial assistance and instigate destructive activities, such as detonating explosive devices and remote blasting, against public roads, railways, government offices and houses.
    Since they are conducting such terrorist acts, on 10 May 2025 at 1:00 PM, a report stated that a monk with shrapnel injuries was admitted to the Township Public Hospital in Pakokku Township of Magway Region. When security personnel promptly arrived at the hospital for further investigation, they discovered that the victim was identified as a monk named Pyin Nyar Wun Tha (58 years old), with (nine years) in monkhood, from the Poke Par Monastery in Sin Min Village, Pakokku Township. The incident occurred while the monk was walking to Daung Sar Village. Upon reaching the village, he stepped on an explosive device planted by a so-called PDF terrorist faction. The device exploded, resulting in his injuries, it is reported.
    It has been reported that the security personnel are investigating the culprits of the acts of terrorism from the above incident to take effective action in accordance with the law.