According to local residents, the military council conducted another airstrike on Kin Taung Village in Taunggup Township around 4 PM today, resulting in the death of one child, while another child sustained serious injuries.
The military council carried out an airstrike on Kin Taung Village around 2 a.m. today, dropping four bombs. One of these bombs struck a residential area in the upper part of the village, resulting in the deaths of four civilians and seriously injuring at least seven others.
The local resident confirmed that this evening at 4 PM, a jet fighter dropped bombs again, resulting in the death of one child and injuries to another child.
He said, “Today, around 4 PM, the military council dropped a bomb that hit near the Kin Taung Fire Station. One child was killed, and another child lost a leg. Several houses were also destroyed”.
A local resident reported that the military council has been repeatedly carrying out airstrikes on Kin Taung Village without any ongoing battles, causing the local people to no longer dare to live in the village and prompting them to flee.
He said, “All the villagers are running away. No one can stay. The military council has come without any reason and is dropping bombs. I feel like they are killing our people.”
The military council, facing military setbacks in Rakhine State, has been conducting airstrikes on the areas that have not experienced fighting since September.
Due to the continued airstrikes by the military council, there have been casualties among the displaced persons living in the Environmental Conservation Office in Thandwe Township, which is under the control of the Arakan Army. Fourteen displaced individuals were killed in a mass murder, and up to twenty-five others were injured.
According to records from CNA, in Rakhine, the military council has carried out airstrikes and artillery shelling without reason, resulting in civilian casualties. It was reported that 68 individuals were killed or injured in September.Translated by Nga Lar Guage
