SAC Jets Kill 4 Teenagers and Young Civilians at Fishing Area Near Letpadan — 6 Injured (Bago Region)

On April 22, 2026, two Myanmar Air Force fighter jets targeted a group of young civilians fishing near Thei Kaw Dam in Letpadan Township, Bago Region, dropping approximately ten bombs on the civilian gathering. Four young civilians were killed — aged 15, 16, 19, and 20 years old — and six additional people were injured. None of the victims had reported military affiliation. Letpadan Township lies in the Bago Region of southern Myanmar, where PDF operations have increasingly disrupted SAC supply lines running from Yangon toward the Ayeyarwady Delta. The deliberate targeting of teenagers in a fishing area exemplifies what human rights investigators describe as the SAC's collective punishment strategy: striking civilian economic and social activities in areas where resistance forces operate to terrorize the population and deny PDF forces of community support. The ages of the four killed — 15, 16, 19, and 20 — underscore the devastating toll of indiscriminate bombing campaigns on Myanmar's youth, who already face forced conscription, displacement, and restricted education. The strike was documented by local civilian monitors and reported in the April 24, 2026 MoeMaKa CDM daily digest, which aggregates ground-level documentation from monitors across conflict-affected townships.