Myanmar junta bombs IDP camps near Shan-Karenni state border

A junta airstrike on displaced people’s camps killed at least three civilians including a four-year-old on Monday in southern Shan State’s Pekhon Township, where the military has been fighting to expel Karenni resistance fighters, locals said. 

According to the same sources as well as casualty reports from a human rights organisation operating in the area, there were also three people injured in the attack, which took place at around midnight in Monday’s predawn hours. 

“A 29-year-old man died on the spot. A four-year-old girl and a 26-year-old woman were critically injured and later died from their injuries,” said Banya Khung Aung, a spokesperson for the Karenni Human Rights Group.