Teen seriously injured in regime airstrike on Kyauktaw Twsp village

By Admin 08 Jun 2024

DMG Newsroom
8 June 2024, Kyauktaw

A 17-year-old female was severely injured in a junta airstrike on Kyarnyoinn Village, part of Arakan State’s Kyauktaw Township, at around 1 p.m. on June 7.

“A bomb dropped by a junta jet fighter fell on the village road and shrapnel hit the home. She received shrapnel wounds to her abdomen and her condition is considered life-threatening,” said a resident of Kyarnyoinn Village.

At least four ethnic Mro people were injured after a junta jet fighter launched air assaults on Shaukchaung Village, about three miles west of Kyauktaw Town, on June 6.

The regime, which continues to lose territory to AA advances in Arakan State, is increasingly using airstrikes to target civilian populations, and locals report a prevailing sense of fear.

“All locals are worried about their safety as junta jet fighters launch airstrikes on residential areas on a daily basis. We feel insecure following the regime air attacks,” said a resident of Kyauktaw.

Civilian casualties have risen as the regime has conducted targeted airstrikes and trained heavy artillery fire on civilian homes and populated areas across multiple townships in the state over recent months.

Political analysts say the regime’s airstrikes targeting civilians should be effectively dealt with by the international community.

According to a report by the research organisation Federal Journal Myanmar, 118 civilians were killed last month in clashes, by landmines planted by regime troops, or in junta airstrikes in ethnic areas, with most civilian casualties reported in Arakan State, tallying 68 deaths, 

The AA seized Kyauktaw Town on February 7. Fierce clashes between the military and AA are ongoing in Maungdaw and Thandwe townships, with the regime using army, navy and air forces to defend against AA advances.