5 March 2023

On 5 March 2023, RFA reported that SAC troops had held around 50 locals from Let Ka Pin hostage inside a local monastery. Local reports and imagery from Khit Thit Media claimed that seven bodies and three severed heads were dumped into the Irrawaddy River on 6 March. Additional bodies were also reportedly found between 6 and 9 March 2023, after the troops had moved out of the village.