Myanmar junta airstrike hits IDP shelter in Demoso, injuring civilian and destroying homes

According to the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC), the military junta carried out an airstrike on the afternoon of 4 March, targeting a neighbourhood sheltering internally displaced persons (IDPs) near Cherry Gone Market in the western part of Demoso Township, Karenni State. The attack injured a woman and destroyed several houses.

“The area hit by the junta’s bombing is home to more than 80% IDPs. After the airstrike, the junta also fired at least twenty artillery shells into the neighbourhood. Some of the shells landed on a hillside, igniting a fire,” said IEC Secretary 2, U Banyar Khun Aung.

Karenni State hosts over 300,000 IDPs, more than 65,000 reside in Demoso Township alone.