As the ethnic armed group controlling Lashio, northern Shan State moved to repair infrastructure and restore normal life in the city, the latest junta airstrikes killed two civilians and injured six on Friday morning, according to local sources.
Two junta warplanes dropped bombs several times over Lashio’s centre on Friday at around 3:30am, residents of the city said.
“A man and woman were killed by the junta’s bombing,” a resident of Lashio’s central Ward 1 said. “Six also sustained injuries.”
A pregnant woman was among those injured, he added.
“A 500-pound bomb landed in Ward 1 but luckily, it did not detonate,” another resident said.
Locals said that bombs also struck wards 2 and 3 near the city’s centre, hitting a large marketplace and the Green Park Hotel near the Ward 2 police station, causing extensive destruction but no reported. . .
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