Airstrikes force 5,000 to flee in Kale Township

Junta airstrikes on 12 and 13 February forced more than 5,000 people to flee their homes in villages on the Kale Township section of the Kale to Gangaw road in Sagaing Region.

A Kale Township resident said to Chin World: “In these airstrikes, jet fighters usually appear for a short time and then turn around, but the Y-12 utility aircraft circle over villages for longer and drops many bombs. This aircraft carries small bombs that are dropped by hand, releasing between 30 and 50 bombs in each [attack] round. After each airstrike, it returns to Kale Airport to reload and then takes off again for another round. Many villages in southern Kale Township have already been bombed this way, but the exact number of casualties is still unknown.”