Eight civilians including two children aged 10 were killed and around 20 wounded in the junta’s bombardment in Khuafo village in Thantlang Township of Chin State on the morning of 30 March, Salai Htet Ni, Spokesperson of the Chin National Front (CNF) said.
The military council bombarded Khuafo village located about three miles from Thantlang at around 10 am without any battles on the ground, with jet fighters and Mi-35.
Salai Htet Ni told the Khonumthung Media Group: “The military council dropped bombs nine times with jet fighters and Mi-35. The military council carried out bombardments although there were no ground battles.”
Among those killed in the bombardment are two children aged six and nine and five women.
Among those wounded are two children aged nine and ten.
“The military council usually burns and attacks the villages and IDP camps citing that the PDFs and the EROs are present. There is no CNF and the PDFs in the small village. It is not a good place for us to station below Thantlang. This is the military council’s targeted attack on civilians,” Salai Htet Ni said.
This bombardment on a village in Thantlang Township where the CNF headquarters is located after Junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing threatened in his speech given on 78th Anniversary Armed Forces Day which falls on 27 March that decisive action shall be taken against the EAOs which helps the National Unity Government (NUG) and the People’s Defense Forces (PDFs).
The military council has conducted more airstrikes rather than the ground offensive in Chin State. From January to February, the military council conducted more than 100 airstrikes.
Sent by the KMG.