Myanmar Jets Strike Thai Border Village, Damage Homes
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Myanmar sent MiG-29 fighter jets in the early hours of October 28 to drop two 500-pound bombs on Karen refugee houses in Ban Ra Tha, directly opposite the Thai border in Tambon Sao Hin, Mae Sariang district, Mae Hong Son province. The strike damaged two refugee houses, one car, one motorcycle, and one long-tail boat. Villagers had received advance warning from the 5th Infantry Division and evacuated about five hours before the attack.
According to Thai Rath sources in Ban Mae Sam Laep, Sop Moei district, Karen refugees from the Myanmar side did not come to the market this morning to buy consumer goods, fearing air attacks by Myanmar troops en route, leaving the Mae Sam Laep market deserted.
Airstrikes in Karen State areas along the Salween River border have continued over the past week after the 5th Brigade of the Karen National Union clashed heavily with Myanmar troops around Papun town and surrounding areas in Hpapun township. Before the Myanmar Air Force targeted civilian Karen positions, the KNU's intelligence unit reported movements of Myanmar aircraft at Taungoo airbase indicating planned air operations against civilians in Ban Pa Tha, prompting urgent evacuation warnings.
