Junta forces launch airstrikes in Ramree, some residential buildings catch fire

At least Thirteen civilian houses were damaged as the junta forces conducted airstrikes on Ramree (Yan Bye) township of Rakhine State.

A local resident informed Narinjara News that following a fighter jet’s strike on Ramree at 2  pm on Tuesday  some houses in Kin Tel village, situated at the foot of Ko Ran mountain, caught fire.

"I believe it was a MiG-29 fighter jet which was flying at a supersonic speed. It pumped bombs four times before returning back. Kin Tel village near Ko Ran mountain pagoda and Aung Dhamma Beikman areas faced the destruction,” he added.

On 2 January, the junta forces conducted many deliberate airstrikes on Ramree even in  absence of any gun fighting.

"The civilians managed to extinguish the fire. The junta forces intentionally made the airstrikes. In Ramree, we can hear the sound of weapons almost every day," he explained.

Ramree township's Covid-19 prevention team reported in a statement that on the evening of 2 January, the junta’s airstrikes resulted in the burning down of five houses.
 

The statement, citing a resident of Ramree, continued to report that at 3:10 pm on Tuesday, Magway air force base deployed a jet fighter to drop three bombs on Ramree. By  4 pm, another jet fighter released additional 4 bombs.

Three Brotherhood Alliance also stated that several houses in the town were damaged by the fire.  A local resident also informed that there was artillery shelling on 1 January.

"On 1 January, the fire erupted in Laung Chaung which was caused by the impact of artillery shelling," he added.

Three Brotherhood Alliance stated that on 1 January  Ramree township was targeted by  artillery shelling from the junta's warships, which resulted in  burning of several houses in the urban ward.

It also claimed that the military council troops, stationed in Ramree, strategically positioned their weapons and the detained residents as human shields, to intentionally conduct artillery shelling every day.

Tens of thousands of Ramree residents have been  fleeing because of the conflict situation induced by the indiscriminate artillery shelling  by the junta forces.