Myanmar junta airstrikes kill eight, injure dozens in three-day bombing campaign against Tigyaing Township villages

Mizzima

Between 8 and 10 March, the Myanmar military junta launched a series of deliberate aerial attacks on four villages in Sagaing Region’s Tigyaing Township, resulting in the deaths of at least eight residents, including monks and novices, and injuring 18 others near Zee Kone village.

At around 12:15 pm on 8 March, a jet fighter departed from Homalin and dropped two bombs near a local clinic in Ah Lal Taw village, injuring two residents.

On 9 March at approximately 2:15 pm two more bombs were dropped near Aung Thar Kone village. Later that day, at about 4:30 pm, two jet fighters taking off from Tada-U dropped four bombs near Sut Sar village and Ni Tar village. According to the Tigyaing Revolution (TR) group, the attacks resulted in five casualties, including deaths.

“These villages were sheltering internally displaced persons (IDPs) who had fled from the town, and there were no ongoing clashes in the area. The strike was a deliberate attack on civilians,” an official from the Tigyaing Revolution (TR) group said on 11 March.

The official added that at around 1:00 pm on 10 March, a jet fighter dropped two bombs on Zee Kone village, killing eight local residents and injuring 18 others.

“The bombs struck an area near the village monastery, and those killed include monks and novice monks,” he added.

Although there has been no recent fighting in Tigyaing Township, local organizations are warning residents to remain vigilant about the threat of airstrikes, as junta forces continue to carry out aerial attacks on villages they no longer control.