Myanmar Junta Bombs KIA Position in Shwegu, Killing at Least 17

The Myanmar junta bombed a position controlled by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA)’s Battalion 12 in Kachin State’s Shwegu Township on Wednesday night, leaving around 17 people dead and wounding a dozen others, according to KIA fighters on the front line and local media outlets.

Regime jet fighters conducted two strikes, they said.

KIA spokesman Colonel Naw Bu confirmed the air attack on territory claimed by Battalion 12. However, he said the KIA was still verifying reports that the bombed site was a training camp and the casualty figures have yet to be confirmed.