Junta’s airstrikes kill two villagers and injure five others in Long Lone and Tha Yet Chaung

September 19, 2025

HURFOM: At about 11 am on September 17^th, 2025, even though there was no active armed clash in nearby areas, the military junta used Y12 aircraft to drop bombs on Pa Kar Ri, Pa Khat and Yay Wine villages of Dawei Township, King Shay, Oak Tu, Saw Hpyar and Mell Nell Oh villages of Tha Yet Chaung Township, and Way D, Tha Pyay Shaung, Kyat Yet Twin, and Kyauk Twin villages of Long Lone Township, Tenasserim Division.

The air assault killed two villagers and injured five others including three children.

One of the bombs dropped and exploded in a house compound in Way D village, Long Lone Township and the explosion instantly killed 60-year-old Daw Tin Shane and her 34-year-old son-in-law Ko Way Yan Phyo.

Moreover, 60-year-old U You Sein, his 30-year-old daughter, two of his under-ten-year-old grandchildren and another child were severely injured by the explosion.

“The injured victims were sent to the Dawei Hospital. The 30-year-old daughter is in critical condition,” said a source close to the family.

Besides Way D village, bombs also dropped and exploded in Kyat Yet Twin, Tha Pyay Shaung and Kyuak Twin villages. There was no casualty but the village roads were destroyed by the explosion.

“The army intentionally dropped bombs on the residential villages without armed clash. At 5 pm yesterday, the military aircrafts were flying over the villages in Long Lone and Tha Yet Chaung Townships,” said a local source.

At the night of September 16^th, the junta’s regiment consisted of more than 100 troops left the Dawei City for Min Yat village, Long Lone Township and they had stopped and questioned local villagers and travelers alongside the Dawei – Long Lone motorway on September 17^th.

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