One man was killed and two others were injured in an artillery attack Wednesday on a boat hired by the Red Cross to deliver aid to civilians displaced by armed conflict in western Rakhine state, RFA reported.

The vessel was hit and set ablaze as it travelled on the Mayu River between Pyin Win and Kan Pyin villages in Rathedaung township, one of several areas in Rakhine where Myanmar forces have been fighting the Arakan Army (AA) for nearly two years.

The boat was transporting food supplies for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to internally displaced persons (IDP) camps in Rathedaung and neighboring Buthidaung township.