A traffic police officer was shot and killed in Mandalay City’s Aungmyaythazan Township on 1 July.

He was shot on the corner of 26th and 62nd streets at around 6:00 p.m., according to residents in the area.

“The traffic cop was driving a Scoopy brand motorcycle. Two unidentified motorcycle riders who chased him from behind opened fire and fled, near the corner of 26th and 62nd Street. After a while, junta soldiers arrived at the scene of the incident. The traffic police officer passed away at the scene”, said someone living nearby.

The dead police officer was named as Lance Sergeant Chit Zaw Win, age 32. He was stationed at the Mandalay Traffic Police Unit 91, on the corner of 25th and 62nd streets.

“The unknown gunmen fired three times and ran away. The traffic police officer died on the spot from two wounds below his chest”, said a person close to the Mandalay police community.

It is not yet known which organisation carried out the killing.

Last month another Mandalay traffic police officer, Police Sergeant Aung Kyaw Myo, was also shot and killed.