“We tried to get to A Nang Pa in the early morning of Oct 24 but troops would not let us cross the bridge.
Of the remaining 47 victims, six were Kachin ethnic businessmen and eight were members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) who were sheltering in KIA-controlled areas to evade arrest.Ī rescue team from Hpakant’s Lone Khin village said they had been unable to reach ANang Pa to transport the injured to hospital. Among them was the Commander of the KIA’s Brigade 9, and members of the Kachin Region People’s Defense Force (KPDF).
The KIA did not say exactly how many of their officials were killed in the attack, but according to figures collected by The Irrawaddy, 28 of the 75 victims were from the KIA or its political wing, the Karen Independence Organization (KIO). He said that volunteers and villagers had managed to transport a few of the injured to hospitals or clinics via forest paths but about 64 people wounded in the attack were suffering without proper treatment. “The death toll will continue rising because many are in critical condition and cannot be taken to hospital,” Colonel Naw Bu said. KIA spokesman Colonel Naw Bu told The Irrawaddy that about a dozen of the injured are dying every day as junta troops continue to block roads after the incident. The deadly airstrike on a civilian area has been widely condemned as a war crime. Three junta jet-fighters bombed the concert held at the village on Sunday night to mark the 62nd anniversary of the KIA’s political wing, the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO). The number of people killed by a junta airstrike on a music concert in ANang Pa village, Hpakant Township rose to 75 as of Thursday, with more in danger of succumbing to their injuries as regime troops block medical treatment, the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) said.
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