The military council is carrying out constant aerial bombardments of Dhammatha village, which was burned to the ground, on the southern bank of Gyaing River in Kyaikmayaw Township in Mon State, according to locals.
At around 5 pm on 8 April, the military council carried out a series of aerial bombardments without clashes on the ground, citing that the combined armed forces were present in Dhammatha village, locals said.
A local from Dhammatha village said: “Fighter jets were flying all day. But we could not count how many times fighter jets were flying. They (people) are hiding at the foot of the mountain because they are afraid. There are a series of aerial bombardments. Yesterday the junta dropped bombs all day. I don’t know whether there is fighting or not.”
The military council’s aerial bombardments burned down a monastery in Dhammatha village and the houses on a road in the west of the village, locals said.
Residents wrote on their social media that they could hear the sounds of explosion which shook buildings in the vicinity of Dhammathaya, as well as in Mawlamyine, Kyaikmayaw and Paung Townships due to the junta’s airstrikes and heavy shelling at around 9 pm on 8 April.
At around 10 am on 9 March, the military council dropped bombs near Dhammatha village. In addition, the junta’s naval ship fired heavy shells into the village from the Gyaing River, locals said.
Currently, there remain nearly 2,000 locals taking shelter near Dhammatha village, said a person helping IDPs.
On 27 March, more than 300 houses in Dhammatha village were burnt to ashes and some civilians killed by artillery shelling by the military naval ship and some civilians were injured.
The military council’s land and naval forces are firing heavy shells on Kawbein, Kawpauk, Phayagyi, Ankasin, Dhammatha and Taranar villages along the southern bank of Gyaing River every day, locals said.
Sent by Than Lwin Times