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Airstrikes by Myanmar regime kill four in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township

The latest fatalities from indiscriminate junta bombing come as the TNLA continues its efforts to capture a key base north of the town

Junta airstrikes killed at least four people and injured another 11 in northern Shan State’s Hsipaw Township over the weekend, according to the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA).

At least six people were reported injured on Saturday, while four were killed and five injured on Sunday, the TNLA’s information team said.

Three of the dead, including a seven-year-old child, were killed in Hkar Lein, a village less than three miles southwest of the town of Hsipaw, while the fourth died in the town. One of the five civilians injured on Sunday was a member of a social welfare team.

According to the TNLA, the airstrikes continued until Monday, but there were no further confirmed reports of casualties. The aerial assaults also damaged a number of houses, the group added.

On September 23, two elderly women and two teenage boys were . . .

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