One Local Dead, Five Injured Including Two Children, in Military Junta Bombing in Buthidaung Township

News ၊ July 4, 2026

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It is learned that the military council launched an aerial bombing attack on War Net Yon (Mro) village in Buthidaung Township, Arakan, on the afternoon of July 3, using three jet fighters and one Y-12 aircraft.

Due to this attack, one local civilian was killed, and a total of five people, including two 3-year-old children, sustained severe injuries.

The individual killed in the airstrike has been identified as 64-year-old Daw Yaw Thar May from Ta Ra Gu (Khami) village, Buthidaung Township.

Additionally, those who sustained injuries are 3-year-old Maung Nay Zaw Lin, 3-year-old Maung Aung Aung Naing, 18-year-old Ma Sanda May, and 23-year-old Ko Maung Hla Kyaw, all from Ta Ra Gu (Khami) village, along with 46-year-old U Kyaw Thar from Sin Phyu Taung village, Buthidaung Township, according to local news sources.

It is reported that on July 3 at around 11:45 AM, the terrorist military used three jet fighters and one Y-12 aircraft to launch an aerial assault, dropping a total of around 50 bombs on War Net Yon (Mro) village and its surrounding areas in Buthidaung Township.

It is understood that Daw Yaw Thar May died during these bomb explosions, while Maung Nay Zaw Lin, Maung Aung Aung Naing, Ma Sanda May, Ko Maung Hla Kyaw, and U Kyaw Thar sustained severe injuries.

Currently, those who sustained injuries are receiving emergency medical treatment, and their conditions continue to be monitored.

It is also learned that the terrorist Myanmar military used one jet fighter and one Y-12 aircraft to drop two 500-pound bombs on Kyet Mauk Taung (Muslim) village in Buthidaung Township on July 1.

Furthermore, it is learned that on the morning of June 24, the terrorist military carried out an airstrike on Maungdaw town using a jet fighter to drop two 500-pound bombs, injuring two 12th-grade female students and damaging over 10 Hindu homes.

Similarly, on June 17 at around 3:00 PM, the terrorist military junta launched an airstrike using four jet fighters for about an hour, dropping bombs on public residential areas, a clinic, and temporary markets in Kyauktaw town wards and Lan Ma Daw village. The attack resulted in the deaths of 9 civilians and left 18 others injured.

Source@ONN