Airstrikes by regime forces killed at least six civilians and partially destroyed an open air market in Kutkai Township, northern Shan State on Monday, according to local residents and ethnic armed group members.
A woman in her 20s and five men were killed when junta warplanes dropped bombs near the market in Kutkai’s urban centre at around 3pm, according to a volunteer for a Kutkai-based social welfare group.
“We cremated four bodies this morning. There are at least two bodies we were unable to identify,” the volunteer said.
While most were not expecting the aerial attacks, some civilians fled the market after spotting a surveillance aircraft at around 2pm, according to local sources.
The junta airstrikes destroyed around a third of the market and hit another nearby building in Ward 5, which was occupied by members of one of the ethnic armed groups present in the. . .
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