Late-night airstrikes kill six villagers in Mandalay Region’s Taungtha Township

A junta airstrike on a village in Mandalay Region’s Taungtha Township late Tuesday night left six people dead and destroyed nearly 30 houses, according to a local resident.The attack on Nat Saunt, a village about six miles west of the town of Taungtha, was carried out at around 10:30pm, a man living in the area told Myanmar Now.“Six people were killed—four women, a child, and an elderly man. Their bodies were reduced to charred bones. With the entire village having fled, no one was left to put out the flames,” he said.Further details about the victims were not available at the time of reporting.The man suggested that the bombs used in the air raids were likely of a highly explosive type, as 28 houses were completely destroyed by fire within a short time of the attack.“They couldn’t have been regular bombs. . .