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- August 17, 2024
Thinzar New, Narinjara News, 21 June 2024
The junta forces launched a series of airstrikes on
three villages under Ann township of Arakan State that killed a
4-year-old child along with two others of a family. Two individuals sustained
injuries and a monastery with three other houses were also destroyed.
The victims include Maung Nay Moe Than (4), Ma May Zin Aye (17) and Ko Than Win
Naing (25) who were residents of Thea Kan Htaung village. The injured
individuals are U Maung Pu (45) and Daw Ma Yin Aye (68).
Sin Oo Tike village monastery and three houses in Kazu Kaing village were
destroyed.
A local resident informed Narinjara News that the
junta soldiers fired a missile from a jet fighter over Thea Kan Htaung
village at around 11 am on 20 June. The missile struck a house resulting in an
explosion and the casualties. The junta’s airstrikes also hit Sin Oo Tike
and Kazu Kaing villages.
"A jet fighter initiated an airstrike on Thea Kan
Htaung village followed by a bombing on the monastery. Another airstrike
targeted Kazu Kaing village resulting in the collapse of three houses,"
added the resident.
The junta soldiers are deliberately conducting
airstrikes on the residential villages amidst intense fighting against Arakha
Army fighters at Kazu Kaing Taw Hein Taung tactical operation command in Ann
locality.