Eain Soe Phyu, Narinjara News, 16 June 2024

No less than 40 civilians, including children andwomen, were killed and 64 others injured by the relentless airstrikes withdrones and jet fighters as well as artillery shells firing in Arakan Stateduring 1 to 13 June.

The list of victims excludes those 78 individualskilled in Byine Phyu village under  Sittwe township and also the 20 bodiesrecovered in Aung Taing mouth creek.

If those victims are included, the total number ofpeople killed by the junta forces in Rakhine State will be over 140.

Various  townships like  Pauktaw, Ponnagyun,Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Minbya, Maungdaw and Thandwe witnessed the casualties.According to the list, compiled by Narinjara News, the victims comprise monks,women, children as well.

1 June

The junta soldiers conducted airstrikes on Ponnagyun,Rathedaung and Pauktaw localities, which killed a child and two women from YoeTa Yote village under Ponnagyun township.  At least six individuals wereinjured in  Ponnagyun and Pauktaw townships.

4 June

A middle school teacher, who was receiving medicaltreatment after the Yoe Ta Yote village attacks on 1 June, succumbed toinjuries.

Over 24 civilians, including children and women, wereinjured by artillery shells and airstrikes on Sin Gaung village under Thandwetownship.

Moreover, a grade-7 student was injured by airstrikeswhich hit Pauk Taw Pyin village under  Mrauk-U township.

5 June

At least 14 individuals were killed and 24 othersinjured due to airstrikes by drones and jet fighters on Sin Gaung village underThandwe township on 4 and 5 June, said a statement from ULA/AA.

In Myo Taung village, which was hit by an artilleryshell, witnessed the killing of two  residents including an elderly Kamanwoman.

6 June

Three young people  were injured when a jetfighter targeted Shauk Chaung village under  Kyauktaw township.

Similarly, the junta forces carried out airstrikes inMaungdaw, which killed five Muslims on the spot and injured  many others.

June 8

An artillery shell struck a passenger car on theAnn-Minbu road, resulting in the death of six  people, including a femaleteacher and a child, and serious injuries to two other residents.

9 June

An abbot and two children (aged 9 and 12) wereseriously injured due to airstrikes on Ko Inn Gyi (Mro) village under Maungdaw township.

Between 6 and 9 June, the airstrikes killed threeMuslims from Haw Ri Tu Lar village in Aye Tar Li Yar village-tract under Maungdaw and injured  five others.

Furthermore, the artillery shells launched by the 5thborder guard police battalion in Maungdaw struck Har Bi Muslim village killedfive individuals and injured eight others.

An elderly woman from Ah Lel Pine ward was killedinstantly when the junta forces carried out airstrikes on Minbya.

11 June

At least ten people were injured due to airstrikescarried out by Y-12 aircraft on Tha Win Chaung, Taung Hpu Taung, Taung Maw Ooand Let Pan Pyar villages under  Pauktaw township.

13 June

Two residents from Baw Di Kone village under Maungdaw township were severely injured by an artillery shell fired bythe Myo Thu Gyi battalion.

Besides these reported cases, there may be morecasualties, which Narinjara News is looking for and also documenting. The juntaforces, while facing defeats in various battles of  Arakan State, aretargeting the civilians and conducting daily airstrikes killing many individualincluding children and women.