Type of Incident

Air strike. [Burma Army[2] air strike killed one villager, injured two villagers, and damaged three villagers’ houses and a monastery.]

Date of Incident(s)

January 24th 2026

Incident Location

(Village, Township and District)

Aa--- village, Mya P’Go village tract[3], Moo special area, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District.

Victim(s) Information

Name

U[4] A---

U B---

Ma[5] C---

Age

75 years old

55 years old

27 years old

Gender

Man

Man

Woman

Ethnicity

[Bamar[6]]

[Bamar]

[Bamar]

Marital Status  

[Married]

Unknown

Unknown

Occupation

Unknown

Unknown

Unknown

Religion

Uknown

Unknown

Unknown

Position

Undertaker

Unknown

Unknown

Village

Aa--- village, Mya P’Go village tract, Moo special area, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District.

Aa--- village, Mya P’Go village tract, Moo special area, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District.

Aa--- village, Mya P’Go village tract, Moo special area, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District.

Perpetrator Information (Armed Actors)

Type of Aircraft           

Unit

Base

Commander’s Name

Fighter jet

Burma military regime Air Force

Unknown

Min Aung Hlaing[7] [General Htun Aung serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Burma Army Air Force]

1. Explain in detail how this information was collected.

Regarding this incident, I [a KHRG researcher] contacted an Aa--- villager, Ko[8] I---, and he told me about the incident. I [a KHRG researcher] went to Aa--- village and conducted an interview with a victim’s family member, Ma T---. I [a KHRG researcher] also took the incident photos.

2. Explain how the source verified this information.

The people who provided the information to me are KNU [Karen National Union][9] local authorities in that area, and some [of the villagers who provided information] are the victims who witnessed the incident that had happened.

Describe the Incident(s) in complete detail.

On January 24th 2026, at 11:15 am, a Burma military regime fighter jet dropped four bombs on Aa--- village, Mya P’Go village tract, Moo special area, Moo Township, Kler Lwee Htoo District. All of the bombs landed and exploded in the village. Due to the air strike, U B--- was hit by shrapnel while he was staying in his house; U A--- was hit by shrapnel while he was sitting with his family under his house; and Ma C--- was hit by shrapnel while she was staying in her house. Furthermore, three villagers’ houses and a monastery in the village were damaged. There were casualties and damages in the village because the villagers had not known the fighter jet would come and conduct an air strike [no fighting was occurring in the village at the time of the incident][10].

The villager who was killed by the air strike was 55-year-old U B---, and the villagers who were injured by the air strike were 75-year-old U A--- and 27-year-old Ma C---. U B--- was hit by the shrapnel and sustained severe injury on his back. U A--- was injured on his right arm and Ma C--- sustained minor injury on her right cheek. Furthermore, the iron sheet roofs and the walls of U B---’s house, Daw[11] O---’s house, and U A---’s house were damaged, and the monastery wall was also minorly damaged.

After the air strike, the villagers transported U A--- and U B--- to Ab--- clinic, located in Ab--- village, Kyaung Pya village tract, Moo special area, by car to access treatment. The clinic is run by the KDHW [Karen Department of Health and Welfare][12]. Regarding Ma C---, she received treatment from another villager in the village because she just sustained minor injuries. U B--- died after he was transported to the clinic, the same afternoon of the air strike. After four days, on January 28th, U A--- recovered and was discharged from the clinic. U A--- did not have to pay for the treatment. After the incident, all the villagers were afraid the aircraft would return and conduct an air strike again, so some of the villagers fled to their workplaces [plantations and farms], and some fled to the nearby Ba--- and Bb--- villages. Regarding the villagers who did not flee, they have to live in fear and some of them sleep in makeshift bunkers at night.

U A---’s daughter, Ma T---, explained: “I heard the children shout: ‘Aircraft is coming’, and before I was able to enter into the makeshift bunker, the bombs already landed. After the bomb explosion, we were afraid and ran. Then, our aunty called us and told us that our father [U A---] was hit, and she let us take the children and flee to the back part [of the house], so we fled to the back part. I do not know why they [the Burma Army] came and conducted an air strike. […] After the air strike, we have had to stay alert for the sound of an aircraft and the sound of shelling. If we hear the sound, we get into bunkers. We have to stay like that. Because the aircraft came and conducted that air strike, I feel unsafe and I feel so scared that I cannot eat. I sleep in a makeshift bunker at another villager’s house. They let me sleep in the house, but I dare not to sleep [in the house], so I sleep in the makeshift bunker.”

Because the Burma military regime conducts shelling, drone strikes, and air strikes like this, most of the civilians in Moo special area have to flee; face shelter difficulties, food shortages, and illnesses; and always have to live with fear and anxiety.

Did the victim(s) provide permission to use this information? Explain how that permission was provided.

Ma T---, who provided us with the information, and the other two victims’ family members, gave full permission to us [KHRG] to use this information.