Residents of Mohnyin Township in southern Kachin State report 40 killed by regime airstrike

Forty people were killed and an unknown number were injured by an airstrike carried out by the Myanmar Air Force on Mohnyin Township of Kachin State, which is located in the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) Brigade 8 territory, on Monday. 

“It’s hard to confirm [the death toll] because the internet and phone connections are down,” a source in Mohnyin told DVB on condition of anonymity. He added that the attack occurred without any fighting between regime and KIA forces nearby. 

Mohnyin is located 97 miles (156 km) southwest of the Kachin State capital Myitkyina and directly west of Laiza, the KIA headquarters.