Kyauktaw woman injured in junta drone attack

By Admin 23 Dec 2023

DMG Newsroom
23 December 2023, Kyauktaw

A local woman in Pyinhla, part of Arakan State’s Ponnagyun Township, was injured in a drone attack launched by the military at around 1 p.m. on Saturday.

Daw Hla Nyunt Yi, 53, was wounded when a bomb dropped by the junta drone fell and exploded in front of her home.

“A junta drone dropped a bomb in the village without there being any fighting in the area. Daw Hla Nyunt Yi was injured when a bomb dropped by a junta drone landed and exploded in front of her home while she was sitting. She sustained injuries to her neck and her condition is considered not life-threatening,” said a local resident.

Thousands of residents from Pyinhlam Shwetale and Thayettapin villages fled to safer locations in fear following the junta attack.

“The situation will get worse if the junta launches drone attacks at night. Some residents including elderly people and children fled to safer locations in fear,” said a resident of Thayettapin Village.

One civilian was killed and three others were injured in a junta air raid on Arakan State’s Ramree town on December 18.

Fighting in Arakan State remains oftentimes intense and civilian casualties have continued to rise due largely to the junta’s indiscriminate use of heavy weapons since renewed fighting between the military and Arakan Army began on November 13.

According to a DMG tally, 28 civilians were killed and 128 others were injured in Arakan State and neighbouring Chin State’s Paletwa Township as of December 20, in junta attacks involving artillery, fighter planes and warships.