A woman was killed, and four others were injured when a Myanmar junta jet fighter bombed two villages east of Kawlin town, Sagaing Region, on the night of 9 June, according to the Kawlin Revolution (KR) group.

The airstrikes, carried out at around 9:20 pm by a jet fighter departing from Tada-U airbase, struck Hpa Lae and Kan Kone villages, resulting in casualties and significant destruction.

In Hpa Lae village, six houses were destroyed and three civilians, a man and two women, were injured. In Kan Kone village, a bomb dropped by a junta aircraft exploded on a house, killing a woman and injuring her father. At least three houses were reported destroyed in the blast.

Kawlin District’s Battalion No. 2 stated that the junta used cluster bombs in these airstrikes, munitions known for inflicting high civilian casualties.

“The junta only controls the urban area of Kawlin town. The surrounding villages are under revolutionary control, which is why airstrikes have become more frequent on both the eastern and western sides,” a KR spokesperson said.

This latest attack comes less than a month after another airstrike on the night of 14 May damaged a house in Ka Nyo Inn village, also in eastern Kawlin township.

Residents and resistance groups have condemned the junta’s continued use of aerial bombardments, especially targeting civilian areas where no active clashes have been reported.