Myanmar Airstrike Kills 33 at Rakhine Market — SkimNews
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- Myanmar military airstrike near a market in Kyauktaw on Monday killed at least 33 people and injured 36 others, according to the Arakan Army and aid worker Wai Hun Aung
- Wai Hun Aung said the location struck was 'quite far from the fighting' and 'has nothing to do with the conflict,' with no stated military target in the area
- Kyauktaw is a riverside town in northern Rakhine controlled by the Arakan Army, located near the Bangladesh border
- The attack matches the scale of a December airstrike on a hospital in western Rakhine that killed at least 30 people, per the Arakan Army and Hun Aung
- The 33rd Light Infantry Division deployed a 300-member column backed by airstrikes in an effort to regain control of a key route, according to The Irrawaddy
- On September 23, military aircraft reportedly dropped around 20 bombs on two villages in Indaw, killing at least 5 civilians and injuring 8 others
Why it matters: The airstrike struck a market area that aid workers said was far from active combat with 'nothing to do with the conflict.' The 33 killed in Kyauktaw matches the December hospital strike's scale, as Myanmar's military intensifies aerial operations across multiple regions to counter resistance gains.
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