By Hlaing / MPA
Four women, including an 8-year-old girl, were killed when Myanmar’s military junta bombed Ah Nyar Ka Tin village in Saw Township, located in the Southern Yaw region of Gangaw District, according to the Saw Township Humanitarian Aid Group.
The airstrike, carried out around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, involved two 250-pound bombs dropped by a jet fighter that took off from Tada-U Air Base. The village was not near any active conflict at the time of the attack, local residents said.
“There was no fighting. They deliberately bombed the village, targeting the area around the school compound. There was even a funeral taking place today. Now the villagers are fleeing,” said a Saw Township resident familiar with the situation.
The victims were identified as 65-year-old Daw Ma Kyi Lay, 52-year-old Daw Tin Khaing, 38-year-old Daw Pyar Thar, and an 8-year-old girl. Eight others were injured, and the attack destroyed two school buildings and nine homes.
Later that evening, around 8:30 p.m., the junta also bombed Kyauk Htu sub-township using a Y-12 military transport aircraft, reportedly dropping nearly 50 bombs around Kham Toe Hill, an area with no reported clashes. One civilian was injured in the strike.
“There was no fighting. Still, a junta column advanced from Kyauk Htu. Villages in the eastern part have already been displaced. We’ve never seen that many bombs dropped at once—it was terrifying,” said a 35-year-old local woman.
In a separate attack, the military also bombed Shwe Aung Thar village in neighboring Htee Lin Township, near the Chin State border. “The village is like a ghost town now. People fled a long time ago. Trees are growing over the roads,” said a woman who requested anonymity.
According to local sources, the junta carried out over ten airstrikes in April 2025 alone across Gangaw, Saw, Kyauk Htu, and Htee Lin townships—areas where no fighting was occurring at the time.
The People’s Administration Team (Pa-Ah-Pha) and revolutionary groups in the Yaw region have urged villagers to dig bomb shelters and remain alert, warning that the junta has been disrupting communications and intensifying indiscriminate aerial attacks.
In March 2025, 19 civilians were killed and around 40 others injured in similar airstrikes on non-combat zones in the Yaw region.
