Junta’s airstrikes in Hsenwi amid countrywide flood kill 5 civilians, injure 8 others

Narinjara News, 17 September 2024

The military regime launched airstrikes on Nampawng village in Hsenwi (Theinni) district of northern Shan State, while the country is reeling under flood, claimed  Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA), adding that the strikes resulted in five civilian deaths and injuries to eight other individuals.

On the evening of 13 September  at around 7 pm, two jet fighters repeatedly circled the area before dropping three bombs on residential zones of Nampawng village.

Three villagers sustained serious injuries and the airstrikes also destroyed several houses.

There is  no military installation or administrative office near the area which was targeted by the junta's jet fighters.