Junta intensifies airstrikes in push to retake Mogok

As part of its efforts to retake Mogok Town in Mandalay Region, bordering northern Shan State, the junta has been carrying out frequent airstrikes around the town.

Around 7:30 am on October 16, junta aircraft dropped two 250-pound bombs on Upper Nyaungkone Village, east of Mogok Town, controlled by the Ta'ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), destroying a poultry farm and several homes.

“A fighter jet dropped two 250-pound bombs. One of them hit a poultry farm directly, but thankfully no one was hurt. I was cooking at the time and just froze when it happened, not knowing whether to run or what to do,” a local woman told Shan Herald.

Similarly, on October 12, the junta air force dropped three bombs between the TNLA-controlled towns of Mogok and Monglon, hitting Lelgyi and Pazi villages in Mogok Township and damaging four houses. Monglon Town is located in Kyaukme Township in northern Shan State.