Two Japanese nationals were stabbed and robbed in the center of Yangon

Two Japanese nationals were stabbed and robbed in the center of Yangon

Yangon, At the corner of Sule Pagoda Road and General Street, Ward 1, Kyauk Chdda Township

On the evening of January 14, two Japanese nationals were shot and robbed, according to local residents.

A resident said a 50-year-old Japanese national was injured in addition to being robbed of a phone and some money.

“It broke down near the flyover, There are four people who stole it. I think people who smoke glue. They also have knives in their hands.

A 50-year-old Japanese man was hit in the chest and hand.

That day, I was immediately sent to the hospital. The rest of the 40-year-old Japanese people are slightly affected.”

Details about the two Japanese nationals are still unknown.

After the coup, there were robberies all over the country. There are more robberies.

Security sector experts point out that the safety of civilians has become a worrying situation after the military coup.

2023, somewhere on Sule Pagoda Road, Yangon. When we met on January 4th.

(Photo: RFA)