Myanmar junta air strikes kill four civilians, injure doctor in Bago Region village

Mizzima

The Myanmar junta launched a combined air and artillery attack on Nyaungpintha village in Kyaukkyi Township, resulting in the deaths of four civilians and injuring many others, according to local sources.

Around noon on 3 December, a military gyrocopter reportedly dropped two bombs on Nyaungpintha village while Infantry Battalion 73, based in Zayatgyi, fired heavy artillery, causing numerous civilian casualties.

“They deliberately targeted the people despite a lack of fighting,” said a local military source.

A resident of Zayatgyi corroborated this, stating, “They carried out the strikes and then flew back moments later. We saw the aircraft from our side heading east for the bombing run. But there was no fighting, not a single gunshot. We only heard the thud of artillery shells.”

Bombs from the gyrocopter and artillery shells struck the area around Nyaungpintha village’s hospital and nearby civilian neighbourhoods.