15 civilians killed, 36 injured across six townships in Karenni State and Pekhon township due to shelling, airstrikes, and drone attacks by the military council The junta military council has continued its operations along the Union Highway between Demawso and Pruso, even in regions where ground combat was not actively occurring. Junta forces carried out drone surveillance, bomb attacks using drones, and airstrikes, indiscriminately targeting local villages and camps for displaced people. Throughout this month, the junta's artillery bombardments, airstrikes, and drone assaults led to the deaths of 15 civilians and injuries to 36 more in Demawso, Pruso, Shadaw, Pasaung, Bawlake, Loikaw and Pekhon townships. Timeline of conflict incidents during September On September 1, at around 4 pm, the junta military council carried out two airstrikes on a mining area in Mawchi, Pasaung township, killing three men, a woman and a girl under the age of 15, injuring eight others and destroying 6 homes. On September 5, a total of five people were killed in a junta airstrike on a village in Shadaw township: two boys, one girl under the age of 15, and two women over the age of 40 died. Moreover, more than 15 people were injured and at least 5 houses were destroyed. From September 4 to 6, the junta carried out aerial bombardments and drone strikes in the eastern part of Loikaw township in areas where IDPs live, injuring two IDPs and destroying a monastery and two IDP homes. On September 8, at 5:30 and 5:45 pm, the junta carried out two drone bombing attacks on a village in the eastern part of Pruso township, damaging two houses in that village. On September 13 and 14, the junta carried out drone strikes using at least 8 bombs on a village in Loikaw township and a neighborhood in Loikaw town, resulting in the destruction of four homes. On September 14, at around 3 pm, two drones bombed a village in Nam Meh Khon, Demawso township, killing a man in his 40s. In addition, the junta LIB based in Demawso township fired artillery at the village. On September 15, at 9:30 am, the junta used two jet fighters to bomb eight times in an area of west Demawso. Junta troops also fired five artillery shells into the same place, causing panic among the local population. On September 16, at around 5:30 pm, the junta launched two kamikaze drone attacks near an orphanage in the western part of Demawso, killing a 9-year-old child and seriously injuring four others, including two children under the age of 16 and two young men. On September 16, at around 1 pm, a kamikaze drone was used by the junta to attack a football match in a village west of Demawso town, injuring one football fan.

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