The Myanmar air force this week carried out deadly airstrikes on a monastery in Bhamo, Kachin State that was sheltering more than 400 locals, according to sources within anti-junta armed groups trying to move the displaced civilians to safety.
Anti-junta fighters on Thursday initiated an effort to rescue and relocate the hundreds of internally displaced persons (IDPs) taking shelter at the Taung Lay Lone monastery in Nyaung Pin ward on Bhamo’s north side, responding to a plea from the IDPs themselves, a man connected to the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said.
After deploying drones to fly over the monastery for reconnaissance, the military attacked using fighter aircraft during the monastery’s evacuation at around 1:30pm that day, according to the same source.
“They carried out two airstrikes against the civilians, dropping two to four bombs each time,” he said. “They strafed with machine. . .
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