Military junta drones bomb Fuso, killing 5 locals including 6-month-old baby

Photo – Some members of the military junta forces seen using drones. A village in the western part of Fuso Township, Karenni (Kayah) State, was bombed by drones by the military junta on the evening of August 4, resulting in the deaths of five local residents, including a six-month-old baby, according to the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC). (Military Lobby Telegram Channel) 001 (August 5) Mizzima. A village in the western part of Fuso Township, Karenni (Kayah) State, was bombed by drones by the military junta on the evening of August 4, resulting in the deaths of five local residents, including a six-month-old baby, according to the Karenni State Interim Executive Council (IEC). Ko Banyar, Secretary (2) of the IEC, told Mizzima today (August 5) that the deceased were a total of five people: two women, including a six-month-old girl, and three men, and that three people were injured. "They dropped bombs with drones twice yesterday, around 6:15 PM and 6:20 PM. In the first bombing, four family members and one person from outside our group, a total of five people, died instantly. We roughly know that three people were injured in the second bombing," he said. The Thwe Myanmar Donations social network page, which provides assistance to displaced persons in Karenni State, also reported that the military junta dropped bombs by drone on a place in Fuso where displaced people were located, killing a total of five civilians, including a six-month-old baby, an aunt, an uncle, and a grandfather. In Karenni State, in July, the military junta carried out aerial bombings in Loikaw and Phrusawng townships, resulting in the deaths of two local residents, including an elderly woman. Furthermore, on June 24, two children, one around 10 years old and another around six years old, were killed and injured in a drone bombing attack by the military junta in Deemawso Township. On June 4, a Baptist pastor was killed and two others were injured in an aerial attack by a jet fighter in Deemawso Township. Editor – Thant Zaw (Thanlyin)