Due to ongoing security difficulties, farming families in the Kamaing area have frequently experienced disappearances and deaths while travelling to their fields. In villages along the Kamaing–Hpakant road, where armed groups are active, residents face severe security and political difficulties while trying to carry out farming and cultivation, especially during harvest seasons. According to family members, this incident began on November 6, 2025, when he went from home to his farmland and went missing. After about nine days without his return, the family began investigations. With deep concern, family members and church elders searched the farmland area and reportedly found evidence that military forces had searched and ransacked a hut on the farm. After the military coup, the military intensified actions that promoted ethnic and religious hatred in Mohnyin Township, Kachin State. The junta organized local Shanni militias and targeted Kachin ethnic minorities and Kachin Christians in the town through arrests, killings, and intimidation based on ethnicity and religion. Under the direction of Northern Regional Military Command commander Major General Aung Zaw Htwe and Kachin State Security and Border Affairs Minister Colonel Kyaw Thu Ya, the military reportedly gave strong support and authority to local Shanni militias. Many killings and arrests have occurred in Mohnyin Township. Rising tensions and militia-related military activities have left local people facing significant difficulties and security challenges. Kachin villages and Aung Thapyay Ward in Mohnyin Township were accused of supporting the KIA, and many local residents were arrested in various ways. During a Catholic worship service, three young men in civilian clothes entered the church while the priest was preaching during Mass. One of the attackers shot him in the face, twice in the abdomen, once in the right arm, and once directly through the mouth area. The bullet passed through his mouth, breaking four upper teeth, five lower teeth, and his jawbone. The attackers also threatened church members with weapons and warned them not to shout or speak, saying they would shoot everyone. According to witnesses, the three armed young men were members of the local Shanni militia. The attack was seen as a deliberate act targeting the Roman Catholic priest serving in Mohnyin Township during a religious service. The incident was viewed as an act connected to ethnic and religious discrimination and violence carried out by local 18 | "Inhumane Acts" by KHRW

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