Airstrikes by junta jets and Y-12 on Pek Chaung Son at junction of four townships kill eight, including an infant

8 killed, including an infant, as junta jets and a Y-12 bomb Pi Chaung Zon at the junction of four townships

October 19

Pi Chaung Zon in Paletwa Township, Chin State, was hit by an airstrike, leaving eight people dead, it is learned.

On the afternoon of October 18, two fighter jets launched from Tada-U Air Base bombed Pi Chaung Zon with four bombs, after which a Y-12 aircraft dropped more than 20 bombs in a further attack, it is learned.

"All the dead are workers' families and ordinary families. Among the dead is a breastfeeding-age child. Houses were destroyed. Eight people died. A reconnaissance plane had been circling since around 9 a.m., and then they came and bombed like this," a local resident said.

The dead from the bombing were four men, three women and one month-old infant, eight civilians in total killed on the spot, it is learned.

Pi Chaung Zon is located at the junction of four townships — Mindat, Matupi, Kanpetlet and Paletwa — in southern Chin State, it is learned.