Monastery, homes destroyed in junta airstrike on Thandwe Twsp village

By Admin 29 Jun 2024

DMG Newsroom
29 June 2024, Thandwe

A junta jet fighter reportedly carried out an airstrike on Shwe Kyaung Pyin Village, part of Arakan State’s Thandwe Township, at around 3 p.m. on June 29.

Shwe Kyaung Pyin Village is located near Thandwe Town, and the junta air assault destroyed a monastery and some homes in the village, said a resident of Thandwe.

“A junta jet fighter has been flying over the village since the morning. The junta carried out an airstrike on Saturday afternoon. No one remained in the village and all residents fled to safer locations,” the Thandwe resident added.

A junta airstrike on Shwe Kyaung Pyin Village previously killed two civilians, injured three others and destroyed several homes on June 23. Many villagers fled to safer locations following that attack.

The AA is currently attacking the military’s Light Infantry Battalion Nos. 55 and 566 in Thandwe Township, with the regime responding to the AA offensive with aerial and naval support.

“Clashes are reported in Thandwe Township on a daily basis. Local people are worried about the junta airstrikes and artillery attacks,” said another Thandwe resident.

Fighting has been raging in Thandwe Township for more than two months, since the AA launched an assault on junta positions in the township on April 13. Civilian casualties have surpassed 100 due to the regime’s airstrikes and artillery attacks in Thandwe Township.

The number of people displaced by those attacks, often targeting residential areas, has risen to nearly 50,000 in Thandwe Township, according to social workers.