Myanmar junta airstrike kills 4th-grade student in Namhsan Township

Mizzima

A 4th-grade girl was killed and another student seriously injured when the Myanmar military junta carried out an airstrike on Um Swam village in Namhsan Township, northern Shan State, according to local residents.

The attack occurred around 6:45 am on 14 October, when a Y-12 aircraft dropped four bombs on the village, which lies in an area controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA).

“The Y-12 aircraft dropped four bombs. One 4th-grade student died and another was severely injured,” a local woman from Um Swam village told Mizzima.

The victim, identified as 4th-grade student Mi Thin Nwe, died after being struck by shrapnel in the abdomen. A 7th-grade girl was critically injured, and five houses were destroyed in the attack.

Junta forces have continued launching airstrikes on towns and villages under TNLA control in northern Shan State in recent weeks.