SAC 8-Day Airstrike Campaign in Chin State Kills 29 — 20 Civilians (Including Children) and 9 Resistance Fighters

Myanmar junta forces conducted a sustained eight-day airstrike campaign across Chin State that killed a total of 29 people — 20 civilians including children and 9 members of resistance forces — according to data compiled by the Mizzima Spring Revolution Daily News for May 11, 2026. The campaign is part of the broader SAC military operation in Chin State that has intensified following the junta's recapture of Falam (April 25-26) and Kennedy Peak in Tedim Township (May 7). Documented individual strikes within the campaign include: the May 8 bombing of Phunom village, Tedim Township (7 PDF-Zoland fighters and 3 civilians killed); the May 6 airstrike on Phunon village in Tedim (9 PDF members killed, including 5 women and 4 men); and a May 7 strike on a hospital in Winmana village, Kani Township. The 29-casualty cumulative tally in just 8 days makes this among the deadliest concentrated airstrike campaigns in Chin State since the coup. The junta is deploying both jet aircraft and armed drones against resistance positions and civilian areas, following its recapture of the Falam-Tedim corridor. Chin State — one of the most mountainous and accessible-only-by-difficult-roads regions of Myanmar — has limited independent media access, meaning the true casualty count is likely higher. The SAC's systematic bombing of civilian areas in the Chin Hills constitutes deliberate targeting of non-military populations under international humanitarian law, adding to the pattern documented by ACLED of 2,602 air attacks in 2025 (the highest annual rate since the coup).