Airstrikes kill 14 civilians in southern Kachin State; Regime signs special economic zone project with Russia

Airstrikes kill 14 civilians in southern Kachin State

At least 14 civilians, including four children, have been killed by airstrikes carried out by the Burma Air Force on Bhamo Township of southern Kachin State since Feb. 14. Bhamo is located 120 miles (193 km) south of the Kachin State capital Myitkyina and 58 miles (93 km) southwest of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) headquarters at Laiza. 

Fighting between the KIA and the military is ongoing near the Military Operations Command (MOC) 21. “They are now bombing villages around Bhamo. These villages are full of [internally] displaced people hoping to return to their homes as soon as it is safe to do so. But now they are being forced to flee again,” a Bhamo resident staying temporarily at a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) told DVB.