Two women killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on day ASEAN demanded immediate end to violence

Mizzima

Two women were killed in a Myanmar junta airstrike in Karen State on the same day the ASEAN Special Envoy reiterated calls for the military regime to immediately halt violence under the bloc’s Five-Point Consensus, the post-coup peace plan ASEAN agreed with the junta in 2021.

The ASEAN Special Envoy met with the junta on 12 and 13 July, again urging it to implement the Five-Point Consensus.

On 13 July, a junta Y-12 aircraft dropped 22 bombs on Lel Kator, Hae Aung, Shae Day, and Maw Pu villages in Township, killing two women aged 65 and 57, the Karen Peace Support Network (KPSN) reported 15 July.

The KPSN statement said that on 12 July, a fighter jet dropped four bombs and another military aircraft dropped 36 bombs on Ter Ra Gaw Kyoe village in Luthaw Township, injuring three males aged 8, 19, and 41, along with a 35-year-old woman.

“How can the people of Myanmar or ethnic armed revolutionary organizations trust the military’s peace process when its actions are heading in the complete opposite direction?” said Naw Wah Khu Shee of KPSN.

The two days of junta attacks also destroyed two shops, 16 houses, one granary, and two motorcycles, according to KPSN.

KPSN said that while ASEAN continues to uphold the Five-Point Consensus and demand an immediate end to hostilities, the junta has instead escalated its military campaigns.

KPSN urged ASEAN to suspend normal relations or formal engagement with the junta unless there is tangible evidence the military is actively implementing the Five-Point Consensus.