I. War Crimes 40 I was at home at the time … I saw it [the jet] and even shouted, “Oh, this jet is very loud and getting closer to us now ...” And before I could even finish my sentence, it dropped the bomb. … A whole family was killed. No one survived. … [S]even people were hurt and are now in the hospital. … There is a [one-story concrete] building. There is also a church building. There was another three-story concrete building there [in the church compound]. These were all destroyed.24 According to media reports and witnesses who spoke with Fortify Rights, the victims of the airstrike are Sut Zai Li, 5; May Sen Pan, 7; Gum Seng Maw, 9; Tsawm San, 10; Mung Htoi Awng, 11; Sa Ra Seng, 11; Myu Jet Awn, 13; Lazum Lung Wa, 35; and Mun Mai, 36. Eleven people sustained injuries from the attack.25 Fortify Rights obtained video footage and photographs from the hospital where victims were being treated.26 A 72-year-old man who had visited the hospital treating the injured provided background information on the church to Fortify Rights: This village is on the Myitkyina-Bhamo route. It’s known as the Myothit-Konlaw area. … These are the locations where displaced people from Momauk and Khu Li are finding refuge. More than 70 displaced people were seeking shelter here [at the church]. Why did they [the junta] drop the bomb on the displaced people’s area? I’m terribly sad and can’t think about it.27 Fortify Rights also spoke with “Naw Naw,” 32, a freelance journalist based in Laiza, who went to document the attack.28 He told Fortify Rights: “When I arrived around 5:30 p.m., I saw that people were still pulling out bodies, and ambulances were on the road. … There was a 6-inch-deep crater, and the ground floor of the building [an IDP shelter] was destroyed.”29 The freelance journalist told Fortify Rights that there was no active fighting near Konlaw or around Laiza at that time: The fighting was around Momauk. Even though this is in Momauk Township, it’s not near Momauk town. It’s about a two-hour drive between Momauk town and Konlaw. Also, Konlaw has been under the control of the Myanmar military for over a decade, and no KIA presence has ever been there. Konlaw is situated along the Myikyina-Bhamo Road, and there is a military base at one entrance and another one at the village’s exit point.30 Airstrikes on Internally Displaced Persons Camp in Pekon Township, Border of Karenni and Shan States September 5, 2024, 9:15 p.m. and November 18, 2024, 11:08 a.m. Within a three-month period, the military junta conducted two deadly airstrikes on an internally displaced persons (IDP) site known as “Bangkok” IDP camp near La Ei village in Pekon Township, along the border of Karenni and Shan states. At the time of the attacks, the area was not under the control of the Myanmar military junta; however, no PDF or other resistance forces were present or based in the IDP camp or the neighboring village, according to witnesses. 24 Fortify Rights interview with C.I., Momauk Township, Kachin State, Myanmar, November 16, 2024. 25 “Myanmar Junta Airstrike Kills Children Playing by a Church, Group Says,” Radio Free Asia, November 18, 2024, https:// www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/11/18/myanmar-kachin-bombing-church-children-killed/. 26 Video footage on file with Fortify Rights, November 2024. 27 Fortify Rights interview with B.B., Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, November 15, 2024. See also, “ကချျင််ပြ�ည််နယ်် မိုးး�� မော�ာက်် မြို့�့��နယ််ထဲက ဲ ကုုန်းး�လော�ာရွာာ �ပေါ်�် စစ််ကော�ာင််စီီ လေ�ကြော��ာင်းး�တိုုက် � ခိုု ် က် � ် [Military Junta Airstrikes on Konlaw Village in Momauk Township, Kachin State],” Voice of America, November 16, 2024, https://burmese.voanews.com/a/military-council-airstrike-onkachin-village-to-kill-many-children/7866171.html. 28 Fortify Rights interview with C.Z., Laiza, Kachin State, Myanmar, November 18, 2024. 29 Ibid. 30 Ibid.