Airstrike-related casualties centre on Taungup, Thandwe in first four days of October

By Admin 05 Oct 2024

DMG Newsroom
5 October 2024, Taungup

At least 10 civilians were killed and 15 others were injured in junta airstrikes on Taungup and Thandwe townships over the four days from October 1 to 4.

At least nine civilians were killed and 13 others were injured when a junta jet fighter dropped several bombs on Kintaung, a model village in Arakan State's Taungup Township, during three sorties on October 4, according to local residents.

Local people from Kintaung Village and nearby areas fled to safer locations following the regime's airstrikes.

"No one remained in the village and [residents] fled to safer locations. We saw junta drones this morning. We are worried about our safety. Some people injured in yesterday's air attacks are being treated at nearby clinics," said a local man.

Four fatalities were initially reported, while three Kintaung villagers who sustained severe injuries in Friday's regime airstrikes died while receiving medical treatment and an elderly woman was killed after being trapped in a bomb shelter.

Among the injured are some who are nonetheless assisting in the funeral arrangements for their fellow Kintaung Village who were killed in the junta airstrikes.

Meanwhile, U Aung Naing Thu was killed and Maung Moe Di was injured in a junta airstrike on Nyaungchayhtauk Village, Thandwe Township, on October 1. The next day, Maung Moe Myint, a 14-year-old boy, was injured in a junta air assault on Khaunglaungtu Village in Taungup Township.

"The regime's airstrikes are a strategic blow to the Arakkha Army, giving the impression that the people are being bombed by AA. Another thing is that the regime wants to know the locations of the AA hospitals and clinics, and after hurting the people, they are doing surveillance with drones," said a military analyst in Arakan State.

As the number of civilian casualties due to junta airstrikes in AA-controlled areas of Arakan State increases daily, people are demanding that the international community take effective action against the regime.