Airstrike on Farmer Shelter Near Mon Nyin Village Kills Eight, Including Three-Year-Old Child

February 25, 2025

Eight civilians, including a three-year-old child, were killed and five others injured when the military launched an airstrike using paramotors on a farmer shelter near Mon Nyin village, Seikphyu Township, Magway Region, according to local sources.

The attack took place in two waves—first at 3:14 AM and again at 3:18 AM—when paramotors from the Magway Air Force dropped three bombs on the Min Lan Yar shelter, a cluster of huts where farmers were living together.