Drone attack in Kyaukphyu kills two IDPs and wounds five others

Narinjara News, 17 August 2025

In the Kyaukphyu Township's Gawtu village, where the battle had raged, junta forces conducted a drone assault that killed two IDPs and wounded five more.

Due to continuing conflict close to their village, the two deceased were identified as U Zaw Myint Aye, 48, and Daw Ma Kyan Thein, 51, who had fled to Gawtu village from Leik Kha Maw New Village in Kyaukphyu Township.

The wounded were U Maung Naing Win, 48; U Johnson, 52; U Maung Aye Phyu, 65; and U Khin Maung Myint, 43, as well as Ko Soe Win Naing, 24, who had also escaped from Leik Kha Maw New Village to Gawtu village.

According to a local man from Kyaukphyu, the junta army bombed Gawtu village at about 1 pm on August 16, resulting in deaths and injuries.