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Myanmar regime escalates airstrikes on KNU-controlled border town of Htee Khee
Hundreds were displaced by the aerial bombing, which caused civilian casualties and damaged infrastructure
Forces led by the Arakan Army (AA) captured a junta outpost south of the Taungup-Padaung road in Padaung Township, Bago Region and continued to assault the Nat Yay Kan base in Magway Region’s Ngape Township
The rescue mission succeeded despite heightened security at the police station following a similar operation carried out last year
Hundreds were displaced by the aerial bombing, which caused civilian casualties and damaged infrastructure
The military used gyrocopters recently received at the Northwestern Regional Military Command in Monywa to conduct the aerial attack
The move comes amid fears that students who return could be forced to fight in the junta’s ongoing offensive in Karenni State