Bomb (Air Delivered) event in Sagaing Region, Wetlet area, Myanmar on Fri 16th January 2026

16th January 2026

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A woman in her 30s was killed and five civilians injured when junta forces bombed a school sheltering war-displaced persons in Nyaung Kan Village, eastern Wetlet Township, Sagaing Region, according to Wetlet Informational Network spokesperson Ko Mone Taing.

Starting around 11:13 a.m. today, a fighter jet from Tada-U Air Base dropped four 200-pound bombs on the school and strafed with machine guns. Two school buildings and one house were incinerated, with one cow also killed.

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