A monk en route to accept offerings of food shot dead and beheaded in Sagaing
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NP News - Oct 15
A Buddhist monk who was on his way to accept offerings of food was shot dead and brutally beheaded in Sagaing on 13th October, according to the press statement released by the State Administration Council.
The incident took place in front of Thitsar Shwegu monastery located in Nyaung Ngote To village in Sagaing at an estimated 8:45 am on 13th October.
The venerable Sayadaw U Kawdinnya (age 50 years old) with 20 years of monkhood was attacked when he came out from the monastery with the car owned by the monastery to accept the offering of food, according to the statement.
Approximately 15 PDF terrorists shot the venerable monk on the road and beheaded him. They left the corpse on the road and took the vehicle.
Sayadaw died in a ruthless and merciless terror attack by the terrorists at the scene.
There are almost 60 Buddhist monks have been brutally killed in the terror attack by terrorists so far and there are many incidents that the news media cannot reach to report across the country within twenty months.