A civilian was killed and three others were injured when the military council conducted an unprovoked aerial bombardment on Kan Phyu village in Mingin Township, Sagaing Region. According to local residents, the military council’s aircraft dropped approximately 10 bombs on the gold panning area of Kan Phyu village around 3:30 PM on April 24, despite there being no active fighting in the area. The attack appeared to deliberately target civilian areas.
The bombing resulted in the death of a young man in his twenties and left three others wounded, including teenagers aged 15 and 18 years old. While the bombing primarily affected temporary shelters in the gold panning area, residential homes in the main village were reportedly undamaged. Local sources confirmed that there was no military engagement or conflict in the area at the time of the attack, emphasizing that this was an unprovoked assault on a civilian population. The military council’s aircraft specifically targeted the gold panning area where local residents work to earn their livelihood.
Kan Phyu village is a rural community in Mingin Township, primarily inhabited by farmers and gold panners who rely on these traditional occupations for their survival. Human rights observers note that such unprovoked aerial attacks on civilian areas by the military council constitute war crimes and violations of international humanitarian law. The targeting of civilian populations and infrastructure without military necessity demonstrates a pattern of behavior that has been consistently documented throughout the ongoing conflict. The incident has further heightened concerns about the military council’s use of disproportionate force against civilian populations, particularly in areas where there is no active conflict or military engagement.
