Two children killed and at least six injured by junta’s air assault in Tha Yet Chaung

May 13, 2024

HURFOM: On May 8th, 2024, the military junta targeted Ka Net Thiri village, Tha Yet Chaung Township, Tenasserim Division with a brutal air assault killing two children and injuring at least six other children.

After the military base in Tha Yet Chaung was attacked and captured by resistance forces, the military junta responded with an air assault on Ka Net Thiri and Ya Ngae villages.

One of the artillery shells dropped and exploded at a school in Ka Net Thiri village and 15-year-old Maung Pine Soe and Maung Hein Pyae Phyo were killed by the explosion while six other children sustained injuries.

“We didn’t hear the sound of military aircraft. We just heard the sound of an explosion just after the bomb was dropped. When the situation got stable, we learned two children were killed. The school was totally destroyed,” said a local villager.

The junta’s air assault on Ya Ngae village also destroyed a hospital building which was temporarily closed and a school.

“Their military base was defeated and their troops were captured by the resistance forces on May 5. That’s why they targeted villagers with this air assault,” said a local source.

Residents from Ya Ngae, Kywe Min Gone, Kyauk Kha Mount and Ka Net Thiri villages of Tha Yet Chaung Township have since fled their homes.

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