Military forces carried out a series of airstrikes on Myaung and Tabayin townships in Sagaing Region on 11 February, resulting in civilian injuries and significant property damage.
In Myaung Township, the junta launched two separate attacks on Zayatkone village. Using gyrocopters for the second raid, three residents were wounded and at least nine homes destroyed or damaged.
Local defence officials reported that the strikes occurred in the absence of any active ground fighting, suggesting a deliberate targeting of non-combatants. Simultaneously, in western Tabayin, fighter jets bombed Bokehtan village for the fourth time this year, levelling four additional houses and forcing the local population to remain in hiding.
“The first attack injured a woman and damaged several houses. In the second attack, one person suffered a thigh injury, and another sustained a head injury,” Ko Nwe Oo, head of the Myaung Township People’s Defence and Security Group said.
Two houses were completely destroyed in the airstrikes, while seven others were damaged by shrapnel. One cow was killed and four others injured.
Ko Nwe Oo said there had been no fighting in or around Zayatkone village at the time of the attacks, accusing the military of deliberately targeting civilians.
In a separate incident, two fighter jets bombed Bokehtan village in the western part of Tabayin Township, destroying at least four houses, according to Ko Gyi Phyo of the Tabayin Township Brotherhood Group.
“Houses were damaged, and Bokehtan has been targeted by airstrikes four times this year,” he said.
Residents of Bokehtan are currently sheltering in temporary locations due to ongoing airstrike threats.
Local sources said that while junta forces are stationed in Tabayin Township and the Saipyin area, they have not yet launched ground operations.
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