15 Junta Airstrikes Hit Mindat and Kanpetlet, Southern Chin State in a Single Day — 4 Killed Including Prisoner of War (CPU/A Confirmed)

Myanmar junta forces conducted approximately 15 coordinated airstrikes on Mindat and Kanpetlet towns in southern Chin State in a single day on May 15, 2026 — an escalation from the 11 strikes documented on May 13-14 — killing 4 people including at least one prisoner of war, according to the Chin People's Union and Army (CPU/A), as confirmed by Mizzima. The concentration of 15 airstrikes in a single day on two southern Chin Hill towns represents the most intensive junta bombing of the southern Chin Hills since the major April 23 assault on Falam (approximately 10 fighter jets deployed). The CPU/A's casualty count of 4 killed — including one POW — covers the combined May 13-15 period. Mindat is the district capital of Mindat District and a key population center in southern Chin State. Kanpetlet Township was struck on April 30 (9 construction workers killed at a bridge site); the current airstrike campaign suggests the junta is now systematically hitting all inhabited areas in the Mindat District as part of its post-Falam pacification strategy. The escalating bombing campaign in Chin State reflects the SAC's coordinated strategy following its Falam recapture: secure the Falam corridor, then advance northward through the Chin Hills toward Tedim and Rikhawdar (the India-border trade hub held by Chin resistance since November 2023). The killing of a prisoner of war during airstrikes, if confirmed, constitutes a war crime under the Geneva Conventions and represents the continuation of documented atrocity patterns that the UN Special Rapporteur has called for ICC referral on since 2022.