Twenty-eight people died, including 11 children, and more than 60 were wounded.21
During the reporting period, KHRW documented 6 airstrikes in
4 districts, including Bhamo District, Bhamo Township, Momauk
Township, and Mansi Township, throughout the reporting period.
There were also three cases of airstrikes in Hpakant Township, Mohnyin
District. Bhamo District had two cases across different townships. Kan
Pai Ti (Sadung area) and Sawlaw Township, both in Chipwi Township,
Waingmaw District, had two cases. Tanai Township, Myitkyina District,
had one case.
Three airstrikes occurred at the end of September 2025. On September 18, 2025,
an airstrike in Mawshan village in Seikmu (Saing Taung) village tract, Hpakant
Township, killed one child and injured 4 civilians. Then, on September 22, 2025,
the military junta bombed Langse village, Sawlaw Township, using a military
aircraft. As a result of the bombing, two children were killed.
Just days later, on September 29, 2025, the junta carried out two bombing
attacks using two jet fighters on Sadung town, located on the Kanpaikti border
trade road in Waingmaw Township. The attack killed 11 civilians, including 3
children, and seriously injured 6 others.
On November 11, 2025, at around 1:23 PM, a Y-12 aircraft based at Myitkyina
Airport in Kachin State carried out bombing attacks on Ka Htan village, Lone
Khin village Tract, Hpakant Township. It was reported that more than 36 bombs
were dropped on the village, where civilians live, despite no active fighting.
Two houses were damaged. During the incident, a mother and her young child,
who were staying in the house, were affected. The mother was killed by bomb
fragments, while the child (around 3 years old) suffered serious injuries to the left
leg, hip, knee, and ankle.
The bombed area had no armed groups present. Locals say the attack was carried
out intentionally by the military, targeting civilian areas. Ka Htan village and its
newly expanded settlement areas are about 20 minutes by motorcycle from the
mining area. The village is inhabited by Kachin and other ethnic groups, such as
Bamar and Rakhine, as well as families working in jade mining.
21
Ibid
14 | "Inhumane Acts" by KHRW