10 killed, 10 injured in Myebon after junta's airstrikes

 At least 10 individuals were killed and another 10 including a monk, a novice and some children injured as the military junta carried out airstrikes by two jet fighters on Nyaung Kan village under Myebon township of Rakhine State.

A local resident informed Narinjara News that following the junta's airstrikes at around 12:30 pm on 22 March, more than 10 people were killed and many were injured.

"The airstrikes were carried out without any ongoing fighting. Additionally, many artillery shells were fired. The village is now engulfed in flames. The monastery's ordination hall, a school and residential houses were also destroyed. A monk and a novice also sustained injuries," added the resident.

The injured include  U Naga Saena (aged 42), one novice, Maung Kaung Khant Kyaw (17) and Ma Hnin Yu Shwe (12) from Nyaung Kan village in Kan Htaung Gyi sub-township. Narinjara News is still looking for all names of those injured.

The villages between Ann and Myebon townships  were targeted by the artillery shells from the 373rd light infantry battalion and battlefield engineer battalion stationed in Ann.

"They also used the multiple launch rocket system. The explosions were so loud that those could be heard from a distant location," he said.

The Ann residents could hear the sound of shelling from a Mi-35 helicopter till afternoon hours.

The residents reported that artillery shells and bombs were fired by the junta forces targeting Kan Htaung Gyi, Nyaung Kan, Taung Pauk villages  along with Shauk Chone in Kazu Kaing village-tract.

Nyaung Kan village supports around 370 houses comprising over 2000 residents.

In 2020, an artillery shell fired by the junta soldiers killed four people including a school teacher and her son hailed from Nyaung Kan village.