The Myanmar National Airlines flight was about to land when gunmen opened fire and the passengers on board were hit by bullets that went through the fuselage. (Picture / Retrieved from Twitter)
The exaggerated movie plot is actually staged! A man took a Myanmar National Airlines (MNA) flight on September 30, but when he was about to land at the airport, he was suddenly shot by a gunman on the ground. The bullet passed through the metal fuselage and hit a male passenger in the right face, causing injuries. He spat blood on the spot.
According to foreign media reports such as the Voice of Myanmar Democracy, Myanmar National Airlines flight ATR-72 departed from Yangon to Loikaw, the capital of Kayah state in the southeast, on the morning of September 30. There were 63 people on board at that time. Passengers, unexpectedly, when the plane was about to land at Leigu Airport, the fuselage was suddenly hit by three bullets.
Photos released by the Myanmar National News Agency show that a male passenger on the plane was shot in the face and blood splattered in the cabin. The man slumped on the seat and pressed his right cheek and neck to try to stop the bleeding. toilet paper. It is reported that a total of 3 bullets hit the fuselage of the aircraft, and the photos also show clear bullet holes in the luggage compartment and metal fuselage of the aircraft.
As a result of the incident, Myanmar’s national airline has cancelled all flights to Laigu indefinitely, and Myanmar’s military ruling council has accused rebels of the local anti-government group, the Karenni National Progressive Party, of being behind the incident. black hand. The group is an ethnic minority rebel militia that has long clashed with government forces.
Myanmar government spokesman Zaw Min Tun said the authorities had tightened security measures around the airport and shelled that “this attack on passenger planes is a war crime”; the Karenni National Progressive Party denied it The allegation that the anti-critic junta “always blames them for the shootings” is clearly a smear campaign by the junta.