Irrawaddy-Oct 10
Myanmar’s junta has conducted an average of seven airstrikes a day across the country over the past four months, killing up to four civilians a day, according to Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica, an independent group monitoring junta atrocities against civilians.
The research group said the junta conducted a total of 820 airstrikes from May to August this year alone, killing a total of 455 civilians and wounding 819 others. Most airstrikes targeted Rakhine and Northern Shan states, where almost all towns and townships have fallen under the control of ethnic armed organizations. Rakhine state reported the most airstrikes with 176, followed by Shan with 151, and Mandalay Region with 132. The junta also conducted 109 aerial bombardments in Kachin State and 71 in Sagaing Region, the researchers said. Junta airstrikes were also reported across the other seven regions and states.
In all, the junta conducted a total of 3,292 airstrikes across the country in which 1,749 civilians were killed and 2,453 injured between February 2021 and August this year, it said. By The Irrawaddy’s own tally, the junta has since unleashed over 150 airstrikes on civilian targets in towns, schools, markets and hotels in areas seized by the resistance across the country. Read more at: https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-junta-steps-up-airstrikes-as-it-loses-ground-to-resistance.html
