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Junta’s air strikes in northwest Myanmar killed more than 30 civilians, including one whole family, residents and officials on Radio Free said on Thursday.
Despite a defaulting ceasefire of the junta on April 2 following a devastating earthquake in the center of Myanmar, the clashes continued between the military troops and the rebel militias which claimed increasing quantities of territory after the coup in 2021 of the country.
On Wednesday evening, air strikes on the canton of Wuntho of the Northern Sagaing region made heavy civilian victims, said Non Bone Latt, spokesperson for national government, or Nug.
“The last one we know is that, including women and children, 26 people died and 23 are injured,” he said about the attack on an intersection in the village of Nan Khan. The junta had targeted a police checkpoint occupied by soldiers under the ministry of NUG, he said.
The recent rebel victories in the state of Chin and the sagaing region, the hot spots for the ethnic armies and the militias aligned with the exiled civil government of the country, may have contributed to the reprisals of the forces of the junta. The village of Nan Khan is about 30 kilometers (19 miles) southwest of Indaw Town, which the Nug militia captured on Monday.
The NUG did not publish any information on the victims of the soldiers of the attack.
The checkpoint is inside the village, causing strong civil losses, said a resident.
“The plane bombed the door of the defense forces of people. It was an intersection in the village, so it completely affected the public,” he said, refusing to be appointed for security reasons. “Some are still dying after reaching the hospital. We have no other details yet.”
The junta did not publish any information on the attack. The spokesperson, Major-General Zaw Min Tun, did not answer calls.
Despite the ceasements declared by the junta and the national government of unity after the earthquake of March 28, both launched military attacks and accused the other of breaking the declarations of temporary peace.
However, only the junta air strikes caused heavy civil losses following the natural disaster, killing six children, 30 women and 34 men, according to information published Thursday.
West of Sagaing, Junta air strikes were launched in the Tedim and Mindat cantons of Chin State killed 12 people, including a Christian pastor, residents RFA told residents.
“There was no fight. Yesterday around 12 noon, they bombed houses in the village of Saizang with a bomb of 500 pounds,” said a Tedim resident, refusing to be appointed for fear of reprisals. “The house he hit belonged to a family of six, who died when the house collapsed.”
The victims included a 43 and 40 -year -old husband and wife, their 17, 14 and five years old and a 10 -year -old girl. Another 10 -year -old son was hospitalized with serious injuries.
In Tedim’s South, the air strikes in the village of Mindat Township, controlled by the rebels at 9 p.m., killed six people, residents said.
“A single plane came to shoot twice, then dropped two bombs of 500 pounds. Among the people killed are a Christian pastor, children and the elderly,” said a Mindat resident. “Of the nine people injured, three are essential.”
The dead were identified as an eight -month -old boy, two seven -year -old children, a 68 -year -old man, a 72 -year -old woman, a 38 -year -old handicapped man and a pastor, who was 36 years old.
RFA called the spokesperson for the Chin State junta, Aung Cho, for more information on attacks, but he did not respond to the time of publication.
Translated by Kiana Duncan. Edited by Mike Firn and Stephen Wright.