The Myanmar military launched multiple aerial assaults on a Ta’ang resistance-held town in northern Shan State on Tuesday and Wednesday, despite China's recent efforts to de-escalate hostilities in the war-torn state.
According to interviews with the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), junta fighter jets conducted two airstrikes on the resistance-controlled town of Nawnghkio, northern Shan State, targeting two administrative offices and a police station, killing nine civilians over two consecutive days.
The first incident occurred on Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring two others. On Wednesday, warplanes targeted a police station killing at least eight people.“The deceased were all civilians, three women and five men,” a TNLA source who requested anonymity told Myanmar Now. “Bombs landed on a tea shop near a police station at around 11:30 am.” Two residential houses were also damaged by the junta airstrike, the. . .
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