Junta airstrike victims in Mrauk-U face housing difficulties

By Admin 01 Sep 2025

DMG Newsroom

1 September 2025, Mrauk-U

A regime airstrike on Mrauk-U, Arakan State, destroyed 42 houses last week, leaving dozens of families and more than 200 people currently struggling to find a place to live.

A junta jet fighter dropped two large bombs on Daing Kyi Ward in Mrauk-U, which is under Arakan Army (AA) control, at around 11 p.m. on August 25, killing 14 people including children and wounding 18 others in addition to the destruction of homes.

"Nothing of the things I had in the home was left. When I went to look at the home, there was only a big hole, like a pond," said Daw Phyu Phyu Win, whose house was destroyed in the aerial assault. In the aftermath of the attack, more than 200 residents of Daing Kyi Ward have been rendered homeless and are temporarily living at the homes of friends or relatives, while others are camped out in fields.

"There are no roofs, no walls, nothing. I can't live here. Now I'm staying at my sister's house. I'm not the only one staying there. My grandchildren are too. It's not comfortable to live in a stranger's house," said Daw Ma Mya Aye, another Daing Kyi Ward resident whose home was destroyed.

After the bombing, some residents of Daing Kyi Ward reportedly fled to other neighbourhoods, fearing further attacks.

Officials said that in addition to the 42 homes that were destroyed by the bombings, there were also homes that were slightly damaged on the periphery of the blast zone.

"Everything we owned was destroyed in the junta bombing. We had nothing to eat or drink. Even when the injured patients were discharged from the hospital, we had no place to stay. We had no shelter. We would like to ask the concerned authorities to make arrangements for these," one official told DMG.

The military regime, facing military defeat on the Arakan front, is increasingly using its naval and air forces to attack without distinction between military and civilian targets, in violation of the international laws of war.

During the latest fighting in Arakan State, 926 people were killed and 1,954 were injured due to military regime airstrikes, artillery fire, and other forms of killings, according to U Khaing Thukha, spokesperson for the Arakan Army, at a press conference on August 11.

The Arakan Army said that more than 11,000 buildings, including 10,502 homes, 90 religious buildings, 45 schools, 12 hospitals, 12 bridges, and UN/INGO/NGO facilities were damaged in Arakan State due to the military regime's airstrikes, artillery fire, and arson attacks.