In the event of aerial bombardment by the Terror Military Council, two locals hurt, houses destroyed and locals flee from homes

Today on January 21 around 10:30 am, a fighting broke out between Kachin Independence Army KIA and the terror Military Council and the Terror army used airstrike hurting 2 locals and damaging many houses.

“The fighting was started since 19, heavy weaponries were shot. Some people there fled to Namkham. Today, they made airstrike three times, two people were hit, and many houses were also hit. One heavy weaponry shell dropped into sugarcane plantation and harvested but not yet stored sugarcane sticks were burned,” local Namkham resident told TWO.

Due to airstrike, (51)-years-old U Sai Tun Hla and (43)-years-old Daw Nang Kham Aung from Naungma (Lon) village were seriously injured and their house was also collapsed and destroyed. Other houses in the village were also damaged and un-stored sugarcane sticks were burned.

In the fighting, due to the heavy weaponry shelling from the Terror Military Council, people from Mangweinggyi and surrounding villages fled to Namkham town and the monastery in Mangai village.

Photo- sent by a local

#Aerial Bombardment

#Military Council

#local IDP

Houses damaged

#Mangweinggyi