Bomb (Air Delivered)

Bomb (Air Delivered) event in Shan, Pekon area, Myanmar on Thu 5th September 2024

5th September 2024

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In southern Shan state, an airstrike on a camp for the internally displaced killed at least nine people late on Thursday, according to Banyar Khun Aung, a vice secretary of the anti-junta Karenni State Interim Executive Council.

“The plane dropped the bomb at around 10 p.m.,” he said. “Nine bodies were found, including seven children and two women. There were also many injured and missing people. A teacher was among the dead.”

The victims were two boys and five girls aged between 10 and 13, and two women in their 40s, he added.

Residents of the area in Pekon township said that more than 1,000 people displaced by the fighting are sheltering in the camp, including about 600 children.

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