Myanmar regime escalates airstrikes on KNU-controlled border town of Htee Khee

More than 400 people have fled the border town of Htee Khee in Tanintharyi Region’s Dawei Township after the junta conducted three airstrikes on the town, members of the Karen National Union (KNU) and local sources said. 

According to local residents, junta warplanes attacked the area around Htee Khee, bombing or strafing the ground with machine gun fire, three times in less than a week: on October 8, 10, and 14, 

Around noon on Tuesday, a fighter jet bombed the Htee Khee village, destroying buildings and injuring two civilians. 

Saw Dah Ko, an officer of Tactical Unit 33 of the People’s Defence Forces’ (PDF) southern military command, described the attack.