5 including 2 women dead, 11 injured by junta’s airstrikes on Paletwa village

 Thinzar Nwe

Narinjara News, 22 May 2024

Five people, including two women, were killed and eleven others were injured by the junta’s airstrikes on Tarunaing village under Paletwa township of Chin State.

The deceased individuals include  U Maung Thein Naing (32) and U Aung Htun (67), both are Khumi people from Ah Htet Balaing village along with Ma Sandar (17), Daw Hla Khaing Oo (47) and U Aung Kyaw Nyun (33), all Arakanese from Ah Htet Tarunaing village.

The injured individuals include Maung Di Phyo (12), Maung Myat Thu (12), Maung Aung Myat Oo, Daw Mya Nu, Di Moe Htun and Daw Thein Shwe Oo, all from Ah Htet Tarunaing village, U Htun Lin from Set Pyin village, Aung Hei Tun from Pyin Dai village, U Kyaw Hla from Ah Htet Balaing village and U Kyaw Soe from Na Kan village under Mrauk-U.

A Paletwa resident informed Narinjara News that on 21 May  at around 4 pm, the junta forces bombed Tarunaing village with a jet fighter, even though there was no fighting going on there.

"The junta forces conducted airstrikes using a jet fighter. As the town was already peaceful, we didn't expect such airstrikes. People were going with normal activities, when the bombs struck, resulting in casualties among teenagers and elderly people," explained the resident.

A residential house and a shop in Tarunaing village were also destroyed by a bomb explosion. The victims sustained serious injuries. Some of them faced exceptional bleeding.

On 21 May, 7 civilians were killed and 17 others were injured in Chin  and Arakan States as a result of artillery shelling by the junta's navy and air force personnel.