Myingyan District Reports 72 Civilians Killed or Injured in Airstrikes, Artillery, and Ground Attacks — Deaths From Heatstroke Among Displaced

A cumulative casualty count for Myingyan District in Mandalay Region — reported on May 12, 2026 — documents 72 civilians killed or injured across Myingyan, Ngazun, Taungtha, and Natogyi townships during the recent wave of SAC airstrikes, artillery shelling, and junta column incursions. Victims span all demographics: women, children, and the elderly. The toll builds on the documentation of the October 2025 junta incursion in which skeletal remains and beheaded civilian bodies were later discovered (reported May 11, 2026), and the broader arson campaign that burned at least 23 villages in Myingyan and Taung Thar townships in April 2026 alone. In addition to conflict-related injuries and deaths, displaced civilians in Myingyan and surrounding Mandalay townships are dying from heatstroke in the extreme hot season as they are unable to access shelter, food, or water after being forced from their homes. The SAC's combined strategy of aerial bombing, artillery shelling, junta column incursions with arson, beheadings, and forced displacement into the open countryside during the hottest months of the year constitutes a multi-vector campaign against civilian survival. The 72-casualty cumulative figure covers only the four townships surveyed by MoeMaKa CDM and almost certainly understates the full civilian toll across all of Mandalay Region's conflict-affected townships. Myingyan District sits south of Mandalay city in a major agricultural zone that has seen sustained resistance activity throughout 2025–2026.