A junta airstrike on a middle school in Namsang Village, Katha Township, Sagaing Region, caused structural damage.

On December 7, around 7:00 pm, a junta jet dropped two bombs, damaging a kindergarten classroom and a two-story building.

The junta carried out the airstrike despite there being no active clashes in Katha Township, which lies near the Kachin State border.

“The middle school in the village was bombed. Since the school was already closed, there were no casualties. The kindergarten classroom was completely destroyed, and another two-story building was slightly damaged. There hasn’t been any fighting recently, but the junta still carried out the airstrike. The school has actually been closed for quite some time,” a Katha Township resident told KNG.

On the same day, three civilians were injured when junta troops arbitrarily fired artillery into eastern Katha Town and nearby villages.

On December 7, around 10:00 pm, two civilians were injured when artillery fired by the Katha Town-based Light Infantry Battalion 309 struck Kyaukhtonegyi Village, east of the town.

Similarly, artillery shelling struck Katpaleik Village on the outskirts of Katha Town, injuring a woman. The village school was also hit.

According to a December 8 report by the Burmese Women’s Union (BWU), 51 women were killed across Myanmar in November due to junta attacks.