Five Killed as Junta Bombs Myanmar’s Rebel-Held Ruby Hub

The Myanmar junta launched a lethal airstrike near a ruby mine in Mandalay’s Mogoke Township, which is under the control of  the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), early on Monday morning, killing at least five civilians and injuring 19 others.

At around 1 a.m. Monday a Y-12 aircraft dropped approximately 20 bombs in the western part of the township, according to a Mogoke resident now living in a nearby town.

“At least five residents were killed in the airstrike, but we don’t have further details because internet and phone lines have been down in the township since the TNLA took control,” he said, recounting what friends in Mogoke told him in a phone call on Monday morning.