Myanmar junta airstrike kills five villagers in Yesagyo Township

Mizzima

Five villagers were killed and seven others injured in an airstrike carried out by the junta on Ngatayaw village in the Yaelekyun area of Yesagyo Township, Magway Region, according to local sources.

The attack took place at around 1:15 pm on 31 August, when a Russian-made Mi-35 helicopter dropped two bombs on the village and opened fire with machine guns.

“There was no fighting at the time. The military dropped both bombs simultaneously, and the impact was severe because they struck residential homes,” said a member of a local resistance group.

Three villagers were killed instantly in the strike, while two more succumbed to their injuries later that evening, raising the death toll to five. Seven others, mostly women, were injured.