Myanmar’s military carried out a series of air and naval attacks on towns in Rakhine State on Monday, killing civilians including young children and raising fears of escalating violence in coastal areas under resistance control, sources say.
In Thandwe Township, an area under Arakan Army (AA) control, junta aircraft rolled out airstrikes for nearly half an hour at around 11am, while naval vessels offshore fired heavy artillery, according to local residents.“I was preparing to eat when the jet came,” a woman living near the site told Myanmar Now.“When the first bomb dropped, I thought I was dead. The plane was flying very low before I could even reach a shelter. I didn’t know whether to worry about others or myself.”
At least four civilians were killed and three others injured in the attack. The victims included two sisters aged two and seven, their 26. . .
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