In Karen State two people were killed in Kyain Seik Gyi Township and two people were injured in Myawaddy Township, by junta artillery fire, according to a 2 July Karen National Union (KNU) statement.

On the evening of 30 June junta artillery fired into Tagay Village, in Kyain Seik Gyi Township killing a villager.

“Two shells landed outside Tagay Village, which locals call Takukhee Village. One resident was killed. We had not heard about any fighting [in the area] at that time, they were just firing heavy artillery into civilian areas”, a source from Kyain Seik Gyi Township said to Mizzima.

Later in Tagay Village, on the morning of 2 July, a 120mm mortar shell fired by Infantry Battalion 283 based in Kyain Seik Gyi Township landed on a rubber farm and killed a man in his 40s.

Also, on 30 June, junta Infantry Battalion 275 fired four 120mm mortar shells into Maekanal Village-Tract, in Myawaddy Township, injuring a 76-year-old woman and a 10-year-old child.

The KNU statement said the artillery fire had also destroyed properties in Kyain Seik Gyi and Myawaddy townships.

Both Kyain Seik Gyi Township and Myawaddy Township are in the area controlled by KNU Brigade 6.

Three people, including a 13-year-old child, were killed and another 17 were injured by junta artillery fire in the KNU Brigade 6 area, during June 2023.