Myanmar Airstrike Death Toll Reaches 50 in Rakhine State
Archive image: an airstrike in Kyauktaw on January 12, 2025. This photograph does not show the September 2026 attack. Image: Chun Nrein/MPA, via Wikimedia Commons , CC BY 3.0 . No modifications. The death toll from an airstrike near a market in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State has risen to 50, according to the Arakan Army and a local aid worker. At least 58 people were wounded, but access restrictions and the absence of a government account prevent full independent verification. An airstrike struck an area near a market in Kyauktaw township, in Myanmar’s western Rakhine State, on Monday, September 28. The Arakan Army, the armed group controlling Kyauktaw, blamed Myanmar’s military for the attack. A local aid worker separately provided casualty information to international news organizations. Rescue reports raised the provisional death toll Initial accounts put the death toll at 33. AP later reported at least 49 deaths, citing the Arakan Army and a rescue...