Air Delivered

Air Delivered event in Myanmar on Mon 16th March 2026

16th March 2026

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On 16 March 2026, in Win Ka Lay village (coded as Win Ka Lay (Lower)) (Bilin township, Thaton district, Mon state), the Myanmar military conducted an airstrike with four jet fighters from Yangon and Taungoo and dropped five bombs on the gold mining rafts and machinery around 11:00 am. The airstrike killed 3 workers including 2 local middle-aged men and a woman, and injured. While Myanmar Pressphoto Agency reported that the airstrike killed 3 people and injured at least 5 people, including Chinese nationals, Shwe Phee Myay reported the airstrike killed 2 people and injured 18 people. Fatalities coded as 2, using the lowest estimate. 2 fatalities.

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