SHAN STATE – According to local sources, a civilian was hit and killed when the junta air force bombarded after the junta council base in Mailong City was attacked at 5:00 a.m. on December 5.
According to a local resident, the junta council airplane bombed Mailong twice and a house in the higher ground of the city was hit and a woman inside the house was hit and killed.
“A woman died after being hit by an aircraft-launched weapon and her intestines burst open. Houses are also on fire. There is still shooting with heavy weapons. We can’t access the internet either,” said a resident.
It is reported that the military council camp on the hill of Mailong City was under attack from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. on December 5.
A local woman said, “There are only TNLA troops here. This side has been in their territory since the beginning. There are only a few junta troops. It is not yet known which group they were fighting against. The sounds of heavy weapons and gunshots are continuous,” she said.
After the coup d’état the internet has been down in Mailong City, and the phone lines have also been cut since the morning of the attack. The relevant groups have not yet released an official report to claim the attack on the junta council camp in Mailong.