23 killed, 15 injured in junta’s airstrikes on Thar Dae Muslim village of Minbya township

The junta forces have conducted airstrikes on Thar Dae Muslim village in Chein Taung village-tract under Minbya township of Rakhine State early this morning, resulting in the killing of 23 Muslim civilians and injures to 15 others.

The junta's jet fighter dropped bombs on the Muslim village at 1:34 am on 18 March, which also  damaged many houses.

"The  jet fighter fired continuously and dropped bombs which killed 20 villagers on the spot. Three of 15 injured villagers later died in the hospital,” said a local resident.

Mawlawi U Hasa Nali (60), a Muslim religious scholar along with his wife and  three children (aged 3 months, 5 months and 1 year) died in the incident.

The  bombs also destroyed five houses and killed one cow and injured two other animals. The  injured villagers are now under medication but the casualties may increase, said a reliable source to Narinjara News.

The junta has been conducting daily airstrikes with jet fighters and deliberately targeting residential wards and villages under  Pauktaw, Minbya, Mrauk-U and Ponnagyun townships, which are now under the control of the Arakan Army. It has  resulted in more casualties among the civilians.