Junta’s air attack kills two local men in Kaw Ka Rate
March 25, 2025
HURFOM: On March 19th, 2025, the military junta used a Yak-130 fighter jet to drop bombs on Ta Ba Lu Kho Khee village, Kaw Ka Rate Township, Karen State. The village is under the control of the Karen National Union.
According to a statement released by the KNU, the air assault killed a 36-year-old local man and a 30-year-old man.
“They’re always dropping bombs by aircraft even when there is no armed clash. During these days, military tensions persist around Kaw Ka Rate Town and the junta launches both indiscriminate artillery and air assaults,” said a local source.

The air attack also destroyed a house and a warehouse, according to the statement.
On March 4th, 2025, the junta launched air attacks on Bot Die village, Kaw Ka Rate Township injuring three local villagers including a child and destroying a school and a motorbike.
On March 5th, the junta also dropped a bomb on Ah Soon village, injuring two women and destroying three houses.
The KNU (central) stated that with military tensions around Kaw Ka Rate Town, the military junta has been attacking non-military targets such as religious buildings, hospitals and clinics, schools and residences of innocent villagers.