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Myanmar airstrike hits girls’ dormitory in Karen State, killing at least three
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A Myanmar military airstrike on a girls’ dormitory in Karen State killed at least three people and injured several others, with one of the wounded dying after being evacuated across the Salween River into Thailand for emergency medical treatment.
Key facts
- The attack occurred at approximately 16.00 on Tuesday (3 November) near De Pu No village in Myanmar’s Karen State, according to Pongpipat Meebenjamas, president of the Mae Sam Laep Subdistrict Administrative Organisation in Mae Hong Son’s
- A Myanmar military airstrike on a girls’ dormitory in Karen State killed at least three people and injured several others, with one of the wounded dying after being evacuated across the Salween River into Thailand for emergency medical
- Pongpipat said Thai authorities had issued warnings to residents of Mae Sam Laep, Tha Ta Fang and other border villages along the Salween River since 2 November about the risk of Myanmar military air operations in neighbouring Karen State.
- Pongpipat said the airstrike initially left two people dead and nine injured at the scene.
Summary
The attack occurred at approximately 16.00 on Tuesday (3 November) near De Pu No village in Myanmar’s Karen State, according to Pongpipat Meebenjamas, president of the Mae Sam Laep Subdistrict Administrative Organisation in Mae Hong Son’s Sop Moei district.
Pongpipat said the airstrike initially left two people dead and nine injured at the scene.