Archive: still of the January 12, 2025 airstrike in Kyauktaw, Myanmar. This image does not show the September 2026 attack or establish its casualty figures. Chun Nrein / MPA / Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 3.0 . Source . Proportional display; no additional crop. The United Nations condemned a reported airstrike near a market in Kyauktaw, Myanmar, and said ongoing violence in Rakhine State makes safe, voluntary returns of refugees and displaced people impossible for now. Local sources cited by Reuters reported about 50 people killed and at least 58 wounded; the toll and responsibility for the attack have not been independently verified at the site. On September 29, the UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson said the attack underscored that conditions in Rakhine do not allow refugees and other displaced people to return safely. The UN condemned the attack, urged all parties to protect civilians and follow international law, and called for unimpeded humanitarian access. The UN Human Rights Chi...

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...