In Mandalay Region, Nyaung-U Township, during a meeting at the Dhamma hall in Gangar Ward to organize a Patthana offering ceremony, PDF members opened fire with guns, resulting in the deaths of seven people, including a ward administrator, and six others injured, according to reports.

On the afternoon of June 1, in Nyaung-U Township, Bagan Myothit, Gangar Ward, while ward administrator U Myint Zaw and local residents were holding a meeting to arrange a Maha Patthana offering ceremony at the Dhamma hall, around 15 PDF members arrived and opened fire with small arms. As a result, U Myint Zaw and six other residents were killed, while six others sustained severe injuries.

The deceased and injured were transported to Nyaung-U District People’s Hospital by security force members and officials, where necessary medical treatment is being provided.