A/HRC/60/20 promptly detained those who had remained behind or who were unable to flee, including older persons and persons with disabilities. 12. On 19 October 2024, after the withdrawal of the military, villagers began to return and described what they found as “carnage”. Six civilian men had been killed, some shot in the head or chest, and some displayed signs of brutal violence. Witnesses described seeing three male bodies that had been beheaded and eviscerated, with some body parts charred and either left in piles or spread across the village. One villager recounted: “They chopped the bodies like when we chop the chicken. The head, the legs, the arms, and they also opened their stomachs. The heart was put on a plate.” Photos received by OHCHR confirmed the accounts of carnage. Some 20 houses had also been torched. Interviewees stated that the village could not return to normal life after the incident and many villagers remain displaced at the time of writing. 13. While witnesses attributed the acts to soldiers from the Northwestern Regional Military Command, the military confirmed the raid to OHCHR but denied responsibility for the killings, stating that anti-military armed groups had “returned to the village on 18 October 2024 and brutally killed six villagers” as “punishment for being alleged informers to security forces”. According to the National Unity Government, “soldiers from Infantry Battalion 89 under Division No. 33” were responsible for the incident and for killings in nearby Aing Paung Chaung village on 18 October 2024 and Sai Pyin Lay village on 19 October 2024. 2. Let Pan Hla village, Singu Township, Mandalay Region 14. On 14 March 2025, in Let Pan Hla village, the military carried out an air strike on a local market, killing at least 27 civilians, including 3 children, one of whom was 2 years old, and wounding some 30 civilians. 15. According to witnesses, a jet fighter circled the area before dropping two 500-lb bombs on the crowded market. One witness stated, “I knew they were going to bomb looking at how they flew, diving down and going up again multiple times”. Interviewees described the aftermath as chaotic, with market stalls on fire and people screaming. One interviewee stated: “some bodies had their stomachs out, others had big holes in their backs from shrapnel. You could see human remains and body parts within the flames.” 16. Interviewees reported that anti-military armed groups had not been in the area at the time of the attack. The attacks also reflected the long-established pattern of the military’s use of air power against civilian targets as a means of engendering fear and breaking the morale of those resisting the military’s superior firepower. Villagers also noted that the site of the attack was easily identifiable on National Highway 31 as “a lot of [civilian] buses stop here to get food and travel to Mogok, it is a very crowded area”. The military did not provide information related to the incident, despite the request of OHCHR. 3. Oe Htein Kwin village, Tabayin Township, Sagaing Region 17. At around 9.30 a.m. on 12 May 2025, an air strike struck a school, killing 24 civilians, including 16 girls, 6 boys and 2 female teachers, and injuring dozens. Witnesses indicated that an aircraft had circled the village before releasing two bombs, with one hitting a tree and the other destroying the school. One witness recounted: “The rooftop was completely gone, external walls had a lot of damage. There were four classrooms, all were destroyed except the roof of the last room.” An analysis of pictures and videos received by OHCHR corroborated witness accounts. 18. Multiple sources attributed the attack to the military, reporting that the plane had taken off from the Meiktila airbase. Military-affiliated news outlets denied the air strike, however, insinuating – without corroboration – that the explosion had resulted from the school’s use as a factory to make landmines. Conversely, an analysis by credible sources of on-site photos of remnants found two damaged tail fins from unguided air-delivered ordnance consistent with other air strike incidents.6 Interviewees attested that no anti-military armed groups had been present at the time in the village. 6 4 See https://www.info-res.org/reports/conflicting-claims-an-analysis-of-the-tabayin-school-airstrike.