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Villagers told RFA that 23 Rohingya were killed on the spot and 33 were seriously injured when the Military Council came to the Rohingya village of Thada in Minpya Township, Rakhine State at around 1:30 a.m. on March 18. A jet fighter dropped a bomb in the middle of the village while the villagers were sleeping, causing mass death. An unnamed Rohingya from Thada village told RFA that they were injured. "At half past one in the morning, they dropped bombs with jet fighters. 23 people died on the spot. Among the dead and injured are those fleeing the war. 12 people died in war. There are seven people in one family. The rest is one from the other house. This house is like that. Now the whole village is sitting and crying. do not eat They are like this without eating any food.” Thada village is located three miles north of Minpya city, and has more than three hundred houses and a population of more than two thousand. In that village, there are also Rohingya who fled the war from Singyi Pyin village in Minpya, 12 of them died and ten homes were destroyed, he said. Khaing Moe told the resident of Minpya who personally visited Thada village that the corpses were piled up in the village. legless He told RFA that he saw injured people with arms cut off and family members crying. "When I went to that village, the scene was sad. They were all crying. People's feet, I cut my hands. The bodies are also legless. armless Neckline. The bodies were covered with tarpaulins. Some are digging holes to bury them. Some are sitting and crying. Looking at them, I feel sorry for them." Most of the dead are children and the elderly, and their names and details are still unknown. He also said that among the injured, there are some whose life is in danger and they are receiving medical treatment. However, the locals do not want to reveal the location of the medical treatment because there is still a threat from the Air Force of the Military Council. The Military Council has yet to release anything regarding this incident, and RFA contacted the State Attorney General U Hla Thein, who is the Military Council's spokesperson for Rakhine State, but he did not answer the phone. The military council army is targeting Rohingyas these days, shooting and killing them. arrested, Rohingya campaigner Ko Ne San Lwin said that more soldiers are being recruited and this is continuing the ongoing genocide. "The military council is targeting the Rohingya and shooting and killing them is increasing day by day. This is the continuation of the unfinished genocide by the Military Council Army, and we see that the Military Council Army is committing more and more war crimes every day. On the other hand, we also see forced recruitment while fighting AA. It looks like they are carrying out their unfinished genocidal project.” Last March 9, seven Rohingya were killed and five were injured when a shell fired by the military council exploded in Ket Ward and Aung Myun Ward in Sittwe City. Regarding this incident, the military council denied that it was their hand. The army of the military council these days they had to give up the minpa, North, The townships such as Phong Taw and Phon Kyun are shooting at each other with heavy weapons every day. Air strikes and bombings resulted in the death of civilians. Residents told RFA that there are injuries almost every day. According to the lists compiled by RFA, in more than four months from November 13, 2023, when the battle between the Military Council Army and the Rakhine Army (AA) began in Rakhine State, to March 18, 2023, the Military Council Army's heavy weapons, Small arms and air strikes. More than two hundred civilians have died and nearly five hundred have been injured due to landmines.