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2023 Chronology of Events October Oct 9 Location: Munglai Hkyet village, north of Laiza, Waingmaw Township, Kachin State On October 9, 2023, the Myanmar junta air force bombed Munglai Hkyet, a village north of Laiza, home to hundreds of displaced civilians. The attack killed 30 civilians, including women and children, and injured many others. It also destroyed a church, schools, civilian homes, and IDP shelters. Munglai Hkyet Village Waingmaw Township, Kachin State Killed: 30 Children: 13 Significant Structures Affected: Injured: 1 church 57 1 school 1 pre-school Women: 14 Elderly: 1 October 9, 2023 11 p.m. Munglai Hkyet village has been a shelter for the civilians displaced from fighting in other parts of Kachin State and has hosted hundreds of displaced civilians. An aerial photo showing the blast site of the Myanmar military junta’s attack on Munglai Hkyet village, Laiza, Waingmaw Township, Kachin State on October 9, 2023. ©Kachin Independence Council, 2023 The funeral for civilians killed in a junta airstrike on the Munglai Hkyet internally displaced persons camp in Laiza, Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, October 10, 2023. ©Private, 2023 Attacks on Munglai Hkyet village, Laiza, Waingmaw Township, October 9, 2023 A destroyed kindergarten at Munglai Hkyet’s internally displaced persons camp following junta airstrikes in Laiza, Waingmaw Township, Kachin State on October 10, 2023. ©Private, 2023 Laiza China Myanmar 21

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Date Published: Sep 4, 2025

Abstract: Four years after Myanmar’s military junta staged an illegal coup d’etat, the country remains entrenched in a nationwide armed revolution for democracy and human rights, with armed conflict directly affecting nearly 97 percent of its 330 townships. As of late 2024, the military junta maintains full control over an estimated 21 percent of the country’s territory, with the remainder either under resistance control or contested. The junta has lost control of more than half of its bases in many parts of the country, marking unprecedented territorial setbacks. In retaliation and desperation, the junta has escalated its use of indiscriminate airstrikes on civilian communities. This report documents ten specific, indiscriminate, and retaliatory airstrikes targeting civilians in Kachin and Karenni (Kayah) states—two of Myanmar’s fourteen administrative states and regions—that have faced relentless junta assaults since 2021. While the junta’s airstrikes against civilians have been widely documented, far less is known about the individuals who may be criminally liable for these alleged war crimes. This report identifies 22 junta officials who should be investigated and potentially prosecuted for their roles in war crimes in Kachin and Karenni states. It also names eight military commands linked to the airstrikes documented in this report and identifies 12 military units responsible for artillery attacks in Kachin and Karenni states that may amount to war crimes. This report is based on 63 interviews conducted between 2022 and November 2024 with individuals from Kachin and Karenni states—including survivors, displaced persons, aid workers, and ethnic resistance members—as well as Myanmar military defectors interviewed in Chin State, Myanmar, and locations in India and Thailand.

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