Two civilians, including a woman, were killed and eight others, including a seven-year-old child, were injured when Myanmar’s military junta carried out an airstrike on Kyat Market Ward in Mrauk-U, a town under the control of the Arakan Army (AA), the Border News Agency reported on Friday.

Source: Border News Agency, Nov 14, 2026

The strike, on November 12, hit residential homes, a Buddhist monastery and an area near a primary school in the ward, according to the agency. The Arakan Army’s information department said a junta jet fighter dropped two bombs on the ward at about 8:49 p.m. that evening.

The dead were named by the Border News Agency as Ma Nu Nu Win, 23, and Ko Zaw Hein Thu, 22, both residents of Kyat Market Ward. The independent outlet Myanmar Now described the two dead as university students, and reported that the school hit in the ward had been sheltering people displaced by the fighting and was built with the support of the Japanese NGO Bridge Asia Japan. The eight injured were receiving emergency medical treatment, the Border News Agency said. Awaaz Punjab is not naming the injured child, in line with its minor-safety rule.

Myanmar Now reported that this was the second bombing recorded in Mrauk-U within a week: an earlier strike on November 5, on Nan Kyar village in Mrauk-U Township, killed a pregnant woman and injured more than ten other people.

Source: Myanmar Now via Democrata, Nov 13, 2026

A pattern of strikes on Rakhine towns

The Mrauk-U strike follows coordinated junta airstrikes across Rakhine State on November 1 that killed 12 civilians and injured 32, according to Myanmar Now — attacks whose aftermath photographs were verified by France 24’s Observers team, which documented injured people and bodies at the Yo Chaung Bridge in Kyauktaw Township and near a makeshift maternity clinic in Mrauk-U.

The junta launched a major offensive in September to retake Rakhine State, most of which is controlled by the Arakan Army. Monitoring groups say the military has relied increasingly on airstrikes against populated areas it cannot retake on the ground, including so-called double-tap strikes in which a second strike follows the first. More than 100,000 people have been killed in Myanmar’s conflict since the 2021 coup, according to figures published in July 2026 by the conflict monitor ACLED.

As junta airstrikes on towns under Arakan Army control continue frequently, the Arakan Army has warned residents to remain vigilant against possible air attacks, the Border News Agency reported.

What is solid

  • A junta airstrike hit Kyat Market Ward, Mrauk-U, on the evening of November 12, reported independently by the Border News Agency and Myanmar Now
  • Two residents were killed and eight people injured, including a seven-year-old child
  • Homes, a Buddhist monastery and an area near a primary school were hit

What is only claimed

  • The two outlets give slightly different ages for the dead; the names agree
  • The junta had not commented on this specific strike in the reports read; casualty reporting from Rakhine is difficult to verify independently because access is restricted

What happens next

There has been no indication of any pause in the junta’s air campaign over Rakhine, and residents of AA-held towns remain exposed to further strikes. ASEAN foreign ministers were already reviewing Myanmar’s exclusion from bloc summits this week, and each new civilian strike adds to the pressure on regional governments — but with access to Rakhine restricted, the full toll of the November campaign may only emerge slowly.