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Mizzima
According to the Karenni Human Rights Group (KnHRG), aerial bombardment in Loiyin Village, Pekon Township, Southern Shan State, on 11 April resulted in the deaths of two children and a woman.
The Military Council dropped two 500-pound bombs on the village at 10 pm, killing a three-year-old boy, a 12-year-old internally displaced person (IDP) girl, and a 65-year-old woman. Additionally, three underage girls, a woman, and a man sustained injury in the attack.
Banyar Khun Aung, Secretary-2 of the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC), criticized the junta for launching airstrikes without any ongoing battle near Loiyin Village.
“The bombings often occur at night, targeting locations with higher populations, such as schools and hospitals during the daytime, and public wards and displaced camps at night when people are sleeping,” he said.
One witness from KnHRG said, “The late-night bombardment caught residents off guard while they were sleeping, resulting in casualties and destruction of homes.”
Earlier, Hsengkhun Village, Hsaungngan Village Tract, Pekon Township, was attacked on 2 April, injuring four civilians, including a 10-year-old IDP girl, and destroying ten houses with the dropping of two 500-pound bombs.
Since the February 2021 coup until 11 April, 2024, data collected by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) indicates that 565 people out of 4,882 casualties have died from aerial attacks by the junta in the country.
