ASEANEWS HEADLINE-CIVIL WAR | Myanmar military escalates airstrikes in areas held by resistance, ethnic armed groups
Destruction caused by junta airstrikes in Namkham (Photo Source: Jai Noom Jein Fah/Facebook)
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The attacks coincided with remarks promising ‘counterattacks’ against anti-regime forces from junta chief Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, who was facing criticism about the military’s loss of a regional command in northern Shan State
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A series of bombing raids by the Myanmar air force killed at least 22 people in Shan and Karenni states this week, according to local sources and advocacy groups.
11 civilians including children and a pregnant woman were killed in Namkham, northern Shan State, a trade hub under the control of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) on the China-Myanmar border, locals said.
According to the same sources, a fighter jet dropped two bombs in residential areas of Namkham at around 1:30am on Friday.
“They conducted airstrikes over two urban wards at night as people were falling asleep,” a man living in Namkham said.
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