Paramotors bomb villages in Mrauk-U area, forcing residents to flee

Residents flee as 8 paramotors bomb villages in Myaing Township

October 20

Local residents from six villages in Myaing Township, Magway Region, are fleeing to safety after the military junta carried out bombing attacks with 8 paramotors, it is learned.

Around 10 a.m. on October 19, 4 paramotors that took off from Nyaung-U Township bombed Nagarwet village, and around 12 p.m., another 4 paramotors bombed Tharsi village, it is learned.

"Four [paramotors] from the Monywa–Nga/Myin [military] side dropped 8 bombs on Tharsi village. A tower was hit and the lines went down — both Ooredoo and MPT were completely cut off. The four from the Nyaung-U side dropped bombs around Nagarwet village. There, houses were damaged, but there were no casualties," a local resident said.

Due to the bombing attacks, 3 buildings around Nagarwet village and a communications tower near Tharsi village were destroyed, it is learned.

A junta military column advancing from Pakokku and Kanma town areas also reached Twinma Pyu village in Myaing Township on October 19, so more than 5,000 people from villages including Tharsi, Hnanseikan, Myay Yint, Mya Zee Taw, Oh Yin and Thit Pulu Gone Kone are fleeing the fighting, it is learned.

MyoTaw News Channel