Air Delivered event in Sagaing, Nyaung Kan area, Myanmar on Fri 16th January 2026

16th January 2026

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On 16 January 2026, in Nyaung Kan village (Wetlet township, Shwebo district, Sagaing region), the Myanmar military launched airstrikes by dropping four 200lb bombs and firing machine guns on a school sheltering IDPs using a fighter jet that came from Tada-U airbase at around 11 am. Khit Thit Media, Mizzima and Shwe Phee Myay News Agency reported that a 30-year-old female IDP was killed, and 5 others sustained injuries while Democratic Voice of Burma reported that at least 5 civilians were killed. Fatalities coded as 1, using the lowest estimate.

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