The junta air force unexpectedly dropped bombs on villages on Muttraw District in an area controlled by the Karen National Union (KNU) Brigade 5.

The surprise airstrike destroyed many houses, a Christian Church and a primary school in the villages of Tabal and Korde in the Sawmupalaw village tract in Lutho Township, according to a KNU statement.

“The military council has always suddenly bombarded the villages in KNU area. It is what they normally do, they are targeting [civilian] people”, said a source close to the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA).

The KNU is still trying to find out exactly how many houses were destroyed in the attack.