Four civilians killed, 13 injured in Myanmar junta airstrikes on four villages in Wetlet Township

Mizzima

Four civilians were killed and 13 others injured on 12 October when a junta aircraft bombed four villages in western Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, according to preliminary reports from the Wetlet Information Network.

The network said a Y-12 military transport aircraft from the junta’s Tada-U Air Base carried out 13 airstrikes on May Kone, U Yin Ma, Yay Htwet and Kyi Kan (North) villages between 3:05 a.m. and 4:39 a.m.

Initial reports confirm that four civilians died and seven were wounded in May Kone, four were injured in Yay Htwet, and one each was injured in U Yin Ma and Kyi Kan (North), the network said. Several residential houses were also destroyed, it added.