Dooplaya District Incident Report: SAC air strike killed a villager, injured three, and destroyed houses and two schools, in Kaw T’Ree Township, March 2024
30 August 2024
This Incident Report describes an event occurred in Kaw T’Ree (Kawkareik) Township, Dooplaya District. On March 20th 2024, an air strike was conducted by the State Administration Council (SAC) onto G— village, Noh Poe village tract, Kaw T’Ree Township, killing one villager and injuring two. Saw A— was travelling with his infant when an aircraft flew over them in G— village. After hearing the sound of aircraft a second time, he got his child to safety with his wife in a bunker, but he was fatally hit by the air strike. Saw A— was sent to a local clinic, located in B— village, P’Lu village tract, by local authorities, but passed away en route. Saw A— was survived by his wife and three children. The air strike also injured three women and destroyed five houses, one elementary school, one middle school, and one animist temple.
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