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May 1, 2025 |
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Rangers deliver supplies to frontline positions in central Karen State. |
Burma Army Attacks Increase in Central Karen State |
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Burma Army attacks occurred across Burma this week, with significant reports coming from central Karen State. In this region alone, SAC forces launched more than 17 combined air and artillery strikes. |
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Left: A man carries Ma Hsa Hsa Neing’s body after she was killed by a Burma Army drone bomb. Right: Damage to monastery in Shan Ywa Village. |
Top: A man carries Ma Hsa Hsa Neing’s body after she was killed by a Burma Army drone bomb. Bottom: Damage to monastery in Shan Ywa Village. |
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In Kler Lwee Htoo District, on Apr. 23 at approximately 0800 hours, the Burma Army launched an 81mm mortar onto Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) troops attempting to capture a Burma Army camp, Kun Seik, in Hsaw Htee Township.
On Apr. 24, a Burma Army jet dropped a bomb near an FBR team while they were east of Leik Ka Lah Village (Hsaw Htee Township). No one was injured in the attack. On Apr. 25 at approximately 1330 hours, the Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) 350 flew a drone over Kyon Kyang Village (Hsaw Htee Township), and dropped a bomb. A woman was killed in the blast and her husband and child were also injured in the attack.
On Apr. 27 at approximately 1400 hours, a Burma Army drone dropped a bomb on a monastery in Shan Ywa Village (Hsaw Htee Township), near Kun Seik Burma Army Camp. No injuries were reported. On Apr. 28, an FBR team located IDPs east of Shan Suu (Hsaw Htee Township) and provided aid to them.
In Mu Traw District, on Apr. 26 at approximately 1700 hours, a Burma Army jet dropped bombs on Ler Mu Day Village (Lu Thaw Township). The bombs destroyed a school library and five houses. |
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Left: A Ranger donates blood to save the life of man wounded by a Burma Army mortar. Right: Aftermath of a Burma military airstrike that left one civilian wounded. |
Top: A Ranger donates blood to save the life of man wounded by a Burma Army mortar. Bottom: Aftermath of a Burma military airstrike that left one civilian wounded. |
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Clashes between the KNLA and Burma Army took place across central Karen State. Retalitory drone strikes, airstrikes, and mortar attacks by the Burma Army saw civilians either caught in the crossfire or directly targeted.
On Apr. 21 in Yae Pu Gyi Village, Kruh Tu Township, Rangers delivered food and water to KNLA soldiers in the frontline during a clash with the Burma Army. Rangers transported civilians located in the conflict area between the Burma Army and the KNLA to safety. At 1625, the Burma Army fired a 120mm mortar into a civilian’s yard, causing no injuries or deaths. In that evening, a Burma military helicopter was observed doing reconnaissance of the township. During a battle between the Burma Army and joint KNLA alliance forces in Yae Pu Gyi Village on Apr. 22, a Burma military Y-12 aircraft conducted airstrikes in the frontline and nearby villages while Rangers provided medical supplies and essential items to the frontline resistance soldiers. On Apr. 23, similar airstrikes occurred in the same vicinity. The Burma military later conducted two more 500lb bomb airstrikes on Nga Tine Village. No casualties were reported. Rangers provided emergency medical treatment to a KNLA soldier who was injured during ongoing clashes, provided food, water, and essential items to the frontline soldiers, and documented a location within the village where Burma Army soldiers had stayed.
On the same day in Winka Village, a Burma military jet dropped a 500lb bomb on a house near the main road to the school, which destroyed three houses and severely injured one civilian. In Htee Hu Tan Village, during clashes between Burma military troops and combined KNLA alliance forces in Kyondoe (Krutu) and Kawkareik (Kaw Ta Ri) townships, a Burma military jet fighter dropped another 500lb bomb on Htee Hu Tan Village, but there was no damage to civilians or buildings. On Apr. 24, in Chauk Tine Village, Rangers delivered food, water and essential items to soldiers on the frontline. In Yae Pu Gyi Village, Rangers evacuated two elderly civilians during clashes between the Burma Army and the KNLA alliance forces. In Pu-Tee-Kone Village, Burma military fired 120mm artillery at civilians, damaging one home.
In Noh T’Kaw Township, Rangers visited IDPs in Maw Ta La Village and the Dar Li Village group on Apr. 22. These IDPs were displaced after a Burma military jet dropped a 500lb bomb on Tha Lwe Htaw Village on Apr. 18. A Burma military jet used cluster bombs to attack Lo-Dwel Village in Kya Inn Seik Gyi on Apr. 25, targeting 50 houses built by the Nippon Foundation, a nonprofit grant organization. Almost all the houses were damaged, and two civilians were injured. The displaced include 10 families, with a total of 36 people. In Mea Ka Tha Village, on Apr. 26, a Burma military Y-12 aircraft dropped 17 mortars onto a KNLA camp. No casualties were reported.
A Burma Army artillery unit fired 120mm mortars indiscriminately in Kyeh Htoh Township on Apr. 23, destroying a villager’s house in the region of Pyin Ka Toe Khon. On Apr. 24, the same unit fired more 120mm mortars, injuring one civilian in Khayawe Village. On Apr. 24, Burma Army forces fired six more 120mm mortars into the same village, injuring one villager. Rangers provided medical care for him. The next day, Burma Army artillery units again fired four 120mm mortars into and around Khayawe Village.
Burma Army fired mortars in Hpa-An District, killing one KNLA soldier and injuring another. Rangers provided medical evacuation to a hospital and donated blood for the wounded soldier. |
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A Ranger medic treats IDPs in Be Tu Village. |
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Karenni Rangers provided aid to six communities in Phekhon Township while an attack by the Burma Army injured a Ranger’s family member in Moe Bye Township.
On April 17, Karenni Rangers provided tarps to IDP camps in four villages for the construction of above-ground fresh water reservoirs. The recent earthquake damaged many fresh water sources in the area, leaving local communities water insecure. Rangers also provided school supplies to two schools servicing the same IDP communities. The following day the Burma Army 422 Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) attacked a village in Moe Bye Township with three 120mm mortar shells, injuring the family member of a Ranger who is part of the team working in Phekhon Township. The teams were not discouraged and on April 23 and 24 they conducted two mobile clinics in upper and lower Be Tu Village, Phekhon Township, treating 212 patients for skin diseases, dysentery, acute viral infections and seasonal influenza. |
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Left: Rangers treat a woman wounded by a Burma military airstrike. Right: Mine factory destroyed by Burma military jet. |
Left: Rangers treat a woman wounded by a Burma military airstrike. Right: Mine factory destroyed by Burma military jet. |
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A Chinese national and an eight-month-old baby were killed in a Burma military airstrike; Rangers treated the wounded from the airstrike and provided aid to an overcrowded school in another part of Karenni State.
On April 21, Karenni Rangers gave school supplies to Sel Tit Khe school, Daw Ta Ka Lae Village, East Hpruso Township. The school is overcrowded, with over 20 potential students from the village unable to attend due to lack of classroom space.
On April 24, at 1525 in Maw Chie, Hpa Saung Township, a Burma military jet attacked Mining Factory No. 2 with two 500lb bombs, killing six civilians and wounding five. Amongst the dead were an eight-month-old baby and a Chinese citizen working at the mine. Karenni Rangers helped treat the wounded and referred them on for further medical treatment. |
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Destruction in Chaung Khuah Village. |
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On 26 and 27 April, Burma military jets and Y-12 aircraft conducted multiple airstrikes, dropping over 40 bombs on the villages of Chaung Khuah, Hakha Lay, Nat Chaung, and Nat Myaung, Nat Chaung Township. Confirmed casualties included two villagers dead and one wounded in Chaung Khuah Village. |
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