TNLA says civilians killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on Mogok monastery

Mizzima

The Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said civilians were killed and injured when junta jet fighters carried out a bombing raid on Mogok, a town in Mandalay Region under TNLA control.

At 6:51 pm on 9 August, a junta jet dropped two 500-pound bombs on Kyauk Naga Monastery in eastern Mogok, killing a novice, two children, one woman, and one man.

A monk and another man were injured, and five homes were destroyed, according to the TNLA.

Later that evening, three 250-pound bombs were dropped on Pan Tein Taung ward in Hsipaw town, injuring one man and destroying seven homes.

The TNLA has urged residents to remain on high alert for possible air attacks and to follow air raid defence measures.

From July to 8 August, the junta carried out six airstrikes that killed 21 people including monks and children and injured 57 others, the TNLA said.