Myanmar junta airstrikes kill one, injure four in villages east of Kawlin town

Mizzima

A woman was killed, and four others were injured when a Myanmar junta jet fighter bombed two villages east of Kawlin town, Sagaing Region, on the night of 9 June, according to the Kawlin Revolution (KR) group.

The airstrikes, carried out at around 9:20 pm by a jet fighter departing from Tada-U airbase, struck Hpa Lae and Kan Kone villages, resulting in casualties and significant destruction.

In Hpa Lae village, six houses were destroyed and three civilians, a man and two women, were injured. In Kan Kone village, a bomb dropped by a junta aircraft exploded on a house, killing a woman and injuring her father. At least three houses were reported destroyed in the blast.