Shooting Documented

One aid worker killed in Kayin

Kayin, Myanmar National NGO
1 killed

One male NGO volunteer was shot and killed in southeastern Kayin state. According to reports and a statement by the NGO, the volunteer was returning home on the back of a motorbike from a meeting to help organize humanitarian relief for displaced villagers when he was shot by a Burmese soldier. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context ambush. Actor type host state. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 2396.

People involved

No names have been released for this case.