The army airstrike on Bonto village, Monywa-Chaung U border, Sagaing Region, killed 22 people, including 4 PDFs and 4 protest leaders, according to Chaung U Sayadaw and revolutionary sources. At 7pm on October 6, the army dropped two machine-gunned parachute bombs on a lantern lighting ceremony in Bonto village, Nyaungpintha group, killing 22 people, including 6 PDFs and 4 protest leaders.
The latest death toll is 11 people from Chaung U. 11 people from Monywa, a total of 22 people, were killed. 4 from Chaung U PDF. 2 protest leaders from Monywa High Road were killed. 1 CDM school teacher was also killed. “There were four people from one family, a 2-year-old daughter, and students under the age of 18,” said Chaung U Sayadaw.
Among the leaders of the strike who were killed in the military airstrike were Comrade Chan Nyein Aung, Comrade Nyi Nyi Zaw, Comrade Kan Myint Lwin, and teacher Zaw Lin Naing. Comrade Chan Nyein Aung and Comrade Nyi Nyi Zaw were members of the Sagaing Region Strike Force and the Public Struggle Promotion Committee.
Comrade Chan Nyein Aung and Comrade Nyi Nyi Zaw were members of the Monywa-Kyaung Road Strike Leading Committee and the Sagaing Region Strike Force during the Spring Revolution, and they were comrades who consistently carried out non-violent public movements for the benefit of the people, according to the Sagaing Region Strike Force. The funeral for those killed in the military airstrike was held yesterday.
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