Many people are dead or injured after the regime bombed a Buddhist monastery in a village in Magwe Region, where locals were meeting on May 9. “The entire monastery was destroyed by the airstrike,” said a male volunteer assisting people displaced by the war in Kyauk Htu, where the village is located. The bodies of 13 people have been recovered, but the man suspects that over 20 were killed during the attack in Akyipan Palun at about 11 am. Over 30 injured people have been sent for medical care. Over 50 local leaders, seniors, and human rights volunteers were meeting…
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A drone army under the People’s Defence Force (PDF) and other resistance forces attacked the regime’s Kale Regional Operations Command and other military camps in Kale town. The Wings of Kale Drone Team used fixed-wing drones to drop nine bombs on May 6: two bombs on the command centre, four struck the airport as a junta transport aircraft was landing, and nine bombs on the No-644 weapon storage unit. The regime sent the Y-8 aircraft to replenish its troops in the town with food and weapons on May 6 and two days earlier. The drone team, which operates under the…
The ruling Military Council has once again launched airstrikes on Teik Nel 2, dropping 500 lb shells during two bombing missions in Mindat Township on May 1, according to the local People’s Administration. A man from Mindat town said 500 lb bombs struck a village at around 5:30 pm. Another shell landed in the jungle at about 11 pm, said Ko Yaw Mang from the People’s Administration, where no one was killed or injured. The regime killed 5 civilians and injured 30 during two airstrikes on the patient ward of Vum Thu hospital in Teik Nel-2 on April 25. That…
The Chin Brotherhoods Alliance has driven the Burma army from Kyatwee after a 54-day offensive operation to gain control of the town in southern Chin State. “Our troops are attempting to arrest the Burma army soldiers, who have abandoned their military camp,” Salai Htun Ling Thang, the brigade commander of Kanpetlet Chinland Defence Force (CDF), told Khonumthung News. With assistance from the Arakan Army (AA), Chin Brotherhoods Alliance, People’s Defense Force, Yaw Defense Force, General Z Army, and Local People’s Defense Force, the alliance captured the camp and town on the morning of April 29 in Kyatwee town of Kanpetlet…
On Wednesday, Burma army shelling killed three civilians, including two children, in northern Kale Township, Sagaing Region. At 4 pm, two artillery shells struck Tuingo (also known as Pyin Taw Oo), resulting in the deaths of two ten-year-olds and a 65-year-old man. Another child is in critical condition due to the bombing. The town, inhabited by ethnic Chin, is approximately 12 miles from Kale town, where clashes between the regime and People’s Defence Forces have intensified, affecting the town and other areas of the township. In early April, the junta deployed several army columns in northern Kale Township. The soldiers…
The Chin resistance now commands eighty percent of Mindat Township following relentless clashes with the military regime in southern Chin State, tallying over 200 clashes since its inception to fight the dictatorship in Burma just over three years ago. “The Military Council has mercilessly targeted its own people nationwide, including in Mindat Township,” stated Zalat Thwe, spokesperson for the Mindat Chinland Defence Force. He emphasized they must fight the military dictatorship while fostering unity among the Chin ethnic groups during the group’s third anniversary on April 24. Also, the CDF commander-in-chief for Mindat has reiterated the group’s commitment to forming…
A regime jet fighter has killed three people, including two women—one of whom was a minor—in Sagaing Region. The aircraft bombed the village of Sawbwa Yeshin and Khampat town, both of which are under the control of the People’s Defense Force and located on the Kale–Tamu road, with powerful 500 lb shells on April 22. A witness reported that two people were killed in Ward 1 of Khampat, including a 17-year-old woman and 20-year-old man, during an attack that injured many others, with one 40-year-old man in critical condition. At least seven homes were destroyed during the three attacks on…
A Chin armed group opposing the military regime claims to have killed up to 1,000 of its soldiers in 170 clashes over the past three years. Salai Cung Ngai, spokesperson for the Chin National Organisation/Chin National Defense Force (CNO/CNDF), stated that only 48 of its soldiers have died in battles with regime forces, with 42 sustaining serious injuries during the conflict. He mentioned that the group has captured nine of the regime’s camps since its formation. “We send our comrades who have lost their eyes in battle to a school for the blind and provide prosthetic limbs for those who…
In a second airstrike on a village in Chin State’s Mindat Township by the military regime this month, two jet fighters dropped 500 lb shells. Fortunately, they landed outside the village, and no injuries or property damage occurred. But earlier in April, a villager from Ouk Chai lost a leg, and 10 homes and a school were destroyed, when three jet fighters conducted at least 10 attacks using 500 lb shells and also strafed the village with machine guns. The ensuing fire spread to the nearby jungle and burned for two days. “I don’t understand why the jet fighters targeted…
Troops from the military regime have set fire to a village in Sagaing Region, causing extensive damage to almost every home and burning down five churches, as reported by locals. The soldiers launched an attack on Pyin Khon Gyi, situated along the Tar Han – Let Pan Chaung road, on April 12-13. Among the structures destroyed were the East Baptist, West Baptist, Wesleyan, Believer churches, and the Church of the Rock. Pyin Khon Gyi, located approximately 7 miles from Kale town, comprises over 500 houses, with the majority of its residents being Chin. The military regime has initiated a fresh…