Regime attacks resume since May 6 ceasefire extension

Resistance forces in Thabeikkyin Township of Mandalay Region and Bhamo Township of Kachin State told DVB that 16 civilians were killed and nearly 40 others were injured by airstrikes on Yayhtwak village of Thabeikkyin and Nyaungpintha in Bhamo on May 7-8. 

“The military intentionally attacked these civilians,” a member of a resistance group in Bhamo, allied with the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), told DVB on Thursday. The People’s Defense Force (PDF) under the National Unity Government (NUG) in Thabeikkyin told DVB that one civilian was killed and nine were injured by two airstrikes on Wednesday.