A woman was killed and three houses destroyed when a military junta fighter jet from the carried out an airstrike on Pyi Soe Aung Ward in Letpanhla village, Singu Township, Mandalay Region, according to the Pyin Oo Lwin Township People’s Defence Force (PDF).
The airstrike occurred at around 11:50 am on 29 June. A 300-pound bomb dropped from a jet based in Tada-U caused one fatality and extensive damage, according to the information officer of Pyin Oo Lwin Township PDF.
“The bomb was so powerful that the woman’s body was completely torn apart,” he said. Singu Township, now fully controlled by resistance forces, has been subjected to repeated aerial bombardments by the junta.
Resistance fighters accuse the junta of deliberately targeting civilian areas, including homes, schools, hospitals, and religious buildings.
“Having lost control of the ground, the Military Council is now attacking non-military targets from the air to instil fear among civilians,” one of the members of Pyin Oo Lwin Township PDF said.
The latest airstrike follows a similar incident on the evening of 23 June, when the junta conducted an airstrike near a field north of Htongyi village in Singu Township, injuring a local woman, according to the Pyin Oo Lwin District PDF.
Resistance forces have urged residents in the region to remain alert and take precautions, as aerial attacks by the junta become increasingly frequent.
