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These photos were taken in December 2024 in A--- village, Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District. On December 11th 2024, the SAC dropped three bombs on the village by using a drone, which killed a villager named U C---, injured a cow, and damaged two houses and some trees. The top left photo shows a big hole in front of U C---’s niece’s house, caused by one of the bomb’s explosions. The top right photo shows that the roof of U C---’s niece’s house was damaged by the shrapnel of the bomb. The two photos on the bottom row show some trees, owned by local villagers, damaged by the shrapnel of the bomb. [Photos: KHRG]
SAC drone attacks in Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township
First incident: December 11th 2024
On December 11th 2024, at 11 am, State Administration Council (SAC)[2] soldiers conducted a drone attack on A--- village, Way Htoo village tract[3], Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District. They [the SAC] dropped three bombs on the village by using a drone [which dropped the bombs one by one]. Local villagers believe that the SAC soldiers [responsible for this drone strike] are based in an army camp near a Kyewl Pin bridge on Sittang River which is located next to Kyewl Yar Pyin village, Way Htoo village tract.
One of the bombs landed and exploded near a villager’s house in A--- village. The shrapnel from the bomb hit and damaged two villagers’ houses, a coconut tree and some other trees. The roof, floor, and ladder of those houses were damaged. The bomb explosion also injured a cow. These two houses are owned by a villager named U[4] C--- and his niece.
The shrapnel also hit U C--- when he was working to repair and make wooden chairs and tables under his [stilted] house. He sustained injuries on his neck, right hand and left thigh. After the incident, he was sent to Swar Hospital [which is run by the SAC] in Swar Town, Yay Tar Say Township, Bago Division. He died in the hospital at 7 pm [later that day, on December 11th 2024] as his injuries were serious. U C--- was Bamar[5] ethnic and he was also a retired soldier from the Burma Army. After he died, his family members could no longer take his pension from the SAC, as reported by his son [to KHRG].
The other two bombs landed and exploded outside the village, a bit far from villagers’ houses. Therefore, no houses were damaged and no villager was injured or killed by these two bombs’ explosions.
Due to the SAC drone attack, villagers’ houses were damaged, one cow was injured and one villager was killed. It caused fear and panic among local villagers in the village. Local villagers do not know why the SAC conducted the drone attack in their village. [Villagers believe that it might be due to] the local People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] [who] is operating in the area [traveling from village to village].
The SAC knew that the retired solider, U C---, was killed by the drone attack. [According to villagers: SAC authorities went to the SAC-administered hospital where patient information is recorded and the family stopped receiving the pension]. However, the SAC did not take any responsibility or accountability for this incident. The SAC neither provided compensation nor apologised to U C---’s family members.
Second incident: December 12th 2024
On December 12th 2024, an unknown SAC military unit carried out a drone attack on B--- village, Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township. They dropped one big bomb [which is around 10 to 12 viss[7] in weight] and one small bomb on the village by using a drone [which dropped the bombs one by one]. Due to this drone attack, two villager’s houses in the village were damaged. [The villagers who own these houses were unharmed because they had already fled at an earlier date from the village. The exact date they fled is unknown since the KHRG researcher did not talk to them. This information was provided by neighbours in the village.]
Further background reading on the situation on air strikes in Southeast Burma/Myanmar can be found in the following KHRG reports:
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These photos were taken in December 2024 in B--- village, Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District. These photos show two villagers’ houses that were damaged by the SAC drone attack on December 12th 2024. [Photos: KHRG]
SAC drone attacks in Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township
First incident: December 11th 2024
On December 11th 2024, at 11 am, State Administration Council (SAC)[2] soldiers conducted a drone attack on A--- village, Way Htoo village tract[3], Daw Hpah Hkoh Township, Taw Oo District. They [the SAC] dropped three bombs on the village by using a drone [which dropped the bombs one by one]. Local villagers believe that the SAC soldiers [responsible for this drone strike] are based in an army camp near a Kyewl Pin bridge on Sittang River which is located next to Kyewl Yar Pyin village, Way Htoo village tract.
One of the bombs landed and exploded near a villager’s house in A--- village. The shrapnel from the bomb hit and damaged two villagers’ houses, a coconut tree and some other trees. The roof, floor, and ladder of those houses were damaged. The bomb explosion also injured a cow. These two houses are owned by a villager named U[4] C--- and his niece.
The shrapnel also hit U C--- when he was working to repair and make wooden chairs and tables under his [stilted] house. He sustained injuries on his neck, right hand and left thigh. After the incident, he was sent to Swar Hospital [which is run by the SAC] in Swar Town, Yay Tar Say Township, Bago Division. He died in the hospital at 7 pm [later that day, on December 11th 2024] as his injuries were serious. U C--- was Bamar[5] ethnic and he was also a retired soldier from the Burma Army. After he died, his family members could no longer take his pension from the SAC, as reported by his son [to KHRG].
The other two bombs landed and exploded outside the village, a bit far from villagers’ houses. Therefore, no houses were damaged and no villager was injured or killed by these two bombs’ explosions.
Due to the SAC drone attack, villagers’ houses were damaged, one cow was injured and one villager was killed. It caused fear and panic among local villagers in the village. Local villagers do not know why the SAC conducted the drone attack in their village. [Villagers believe that it might be due to] the local People’s Defence Force (PDF)[6] [who] is operating in the area [traveling from village to village].
The SAC knew that the retired solider, U C---, was killed by the drone attack. [According to villagers: SAC authorities went to the SAC-administered hospital where patient information is recorded and the family stopped receiving the pension]. However, the SAC did not take any responsibility or accountability for this incident. The SAC neither provided compensation nor apologised to U C---’s family members.
Second incident: December 12th 2024
On December 12th 2024, an unknown SAC military unit carried out a drone attack on B--- village, Way Htoo village tract, Daw Hpah Hkoh Township. They dropped one big bomb [which is around 10 to 12 viss[7] in weight] and one small bomb on the village by using a drone [which dropped the bombs one by one]. Due to this drone attack, two villager’s houses in the village were damaged. [The villagers who own these houses were unharmed because they had already fled at an earlier date from the village. The exact date they fled is unknown since the KHRG researcher did not talk to them. This information was provided by neighbours in the village.]
Further background reading on the situation on air strikes in Southeast Burma/Myanmar can be found in the following KHRG reports: