“Crashing Down on Us” 43 so I just jumped to the ground to lie flat with my face down. … After the airstrikes, I just tried to find my family … I found my mother and pulled her dead out of the rubble only at 5:30 p.m. … My mother was 46 years old. Her name was Daw Mya Aye.42 Fortify Rights spoke with a 33-year-old camp resident who helped to pull out the victim and described the injuries she sustained: “She had her head open and looked like she was killed on impact.”43 A 45-year-old camp resident, who survived multiple airstrikes in the area of “Bangkok” IDP camp since moving there with her family in 2021 told Fortify Rights: At “Bangkok” IDP camp, we experienced three airstrikes. Out of all, the worst experience was this attack on November 18. This was when my [four-year-old] daughter and I fought for our lives. … The attack was so close to us … I ran to the bomb shelter with my daughter, and just as we were entering, the bomb exploded. The impact propelled us into the shelter and many fragments and dirt rushed inside. We couldn’t see or breathe except clouds of dust for a moment. I was just worried for my child. … This attack destroyed everything. … My entire house, including the two motorcycles we had, was ruined. Everything is gone.44 Airstrike on Daw Si Ei School, Demoso Township, Karenni State February 5, 2024, 10:15 a.m. On February 5, 2024, at approximately 10:15 a.m., a junta airstrike hit a school in Daw Si Ei village in Demoso Township in Karenni State, killing four children and wounding at least 19 others. Fortify Rights interviewed four survivors of the attack, including a teacher from Daw Si Ei school, relatives of those killed, and a rescue worker who was a first responder on the day of the attack.45 The four children killed were Khun San Hlaing, 14; El Doh Htoo, 14; El Le Tha, 13; and Christopher, 12.46 A 48-year-old man, a resident of Daw Si Ei village and a first responder on the day of the attack, spoke with Fortify Rights at the site of the burnt-out school compound when Fortify Rights visited in February 2024, just weeks after the airstrike.47 Describing the day of the attack, the man said: “Some scouting drones flew over our village before the airstrike. On that day, we saw the fighter jets, but we could not evacuate the school [in time] because the aircraft were so fast.”48 He continued: I was one of the people who carried the dead bodies [of the children] out of the destroyed school. One child’s head was totally smashed, and another one lost most of its body parts. … There was blood on the children’s bodies. … I will show you exactly where the dead bodies were found.49 The man began to point out the four locations where survivors found the dead bodies of the children, saying: “The two dead inside the school had their heads destroyed. The two outside [the school building] didn’t have as much damage on their body.”50 42 Fortify Rights interview with A.I., Pekon Township, Karenni State, Myanmar, December 4, 2024. 43 Fortify Rights interview with A.F., Pekon Township, Karenni State, Myanmar, December 4, 2024. 44 Fortify Rights interview with E.A., Pekon Township, Karenni State, Myanmar, December 4, 2024. Fortify Rights was unable to document the first airstrike on “Bangkok” IDP camp in May 2024, and it was not reported in the media as well. 45 Fortify Rights interview with A.D., E.B., B.G., and A.A., Demoso Township, Karenni State, Myanmar, February 22, 2024. 46 Fortify Rights interview with E.B., Demoso Township, Karenni State, Myanmar, February 22, 2024. 47 Fortify Rights interview with A.D., Demoso Township, Karenni State, Myanmar, February 22, 2024. 48 Ibid. 49 Ibid. 50 Ibid.