Casualties rise to 25 in junta airstrike on Thandwe Twsp village

By Admin 11 Aug 2026

DMG Newsroom

11 August 2026, Thandwe

The Arakan Army released a detailed list of victims on Tuesday confirming that 25 civilians, including children, were killed or injured in a junta airstrike on Kyaukkyi Village in Thandwe Township.

A single jet fighter circled Kyaukkyi Village for about 20 minutes from around 1 p.m. on August 10 before dropping bombs.

The attack killed 14 people and injured 11 others. Women accounted for the majority of the casualties, with 12 women among those killed or injured.

"After the bombing, crying echoed throughout the village. What we saw was heartbreaking. Many of the casualties were women, as well as elderly people and young children. Some died from severe blood loss while being taken to the hospital," a local man familiar with the situation told DMG.

The mass casualties occurred when three high-explosive bombs, believed to weigh about 300 pounds each, detonated near Dhamma Yaung Chi Monastery in Kyaukkyi Village.

The junta airstrike also caused extensive destruction, completely destroying more than 20 residential homes and other buildings.

"Continuously bombing innocent civilians from the air like this is a reckless act. It shows the military junta's cowardice and inability to fight on the battlefield," a human rights activist in Arakan State said.

The military junta has carried out continuous airstrikes across Thandwe Township, raising serious security concerns among local residents.

Thandwe Township, home to Ngapali Beach, a commercial airport and major hotel and tourism infrastructure, is an important centre of economic activity and foreign investment.

Military and political observers say the junta is deliberately carrying out destructive attacks to disrupt the administrative operations of the Arakan Army, which controls the region.

The Arakan Army reiterated its warning for civilians to exercise heightened caution amid ongoing air and naval threats.