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MANDALAY DIVISION – Locals said that the military group carried out airstrikes on the villages in Paw Taw Mu Village Tract between Kyarhnyat Village and Takaung, along the Mandalay-Tigyaing Road with fighter jets on the afternoon of January 18.
It’s said that on January 18, at 12 noon, the military group dropped two bombs on Paw Taw Mu Village in Thabeikkyin Township without reason.
A resident of Kyarhnyat Village, Takaung Region said that it is not yet known whether there is any damage or not due to the bombing by fighter jets.
“(The bombing happened) near Letpankone and Paw Taw Mu (Village). The gas station at the entrance of Paw Taw Mu Village was also burned. The entire villages of Letpankone and Selzinekone have already fled because junta soldiers are stationed there,” said a local of Kyarhnyat.
It’s said that the military group often raids the villages along the road between Kyarhnyat Village and Takaung Town, looting and burning them indiscriminately, and the residents of those villages have been fleeing for months because of the military group’s enmity. In addition, there are also frequent shooting attacks.
Locals said that the military group is also stationed at the Kyarhnyat Village and Kyarhnyat Intersection, and they have set up a gate on the road, arresting and extorting money from civilians.
“The road has been closed for a long time from Kyarhnyat to Takaung. The Kyarhnyat gate is very bad. If we are carrying goods, we have to pay to pass through. I heard that boys had to pay 200,000 MMK because they had two people sharing a motorcycle,” said a local.
Locals said that Thabeikkyin and Takaung Townships are bordered by Tigyaing, where the fighting is fierce, and the military group opened gates on the road in Takaung, Thabeikkyin, Singu, and Maddaya along the Mandalay-Tigyaing Highway and are arresting, extorting money, killing, burning villages and conducting artillery strikes.