ความขัดแย้ง · Rakhine airstrikesMrauk-U airstrike: Newborn among five reported killed at maternity wardออกอากาศ 4 พฤศจิกายน 2569 เวลา 2:39 UTCเขียน 4 พฤศจิกายน 2569 เวลา 3:16 UTCอ่านบทความข่าวนี้บทถอดเสียง · กำลังโหลด0:07An airstrike hit a maternity ward where a newborn was due to leave the next day.0:11An aid worker says the baby died when the blast brought the building down.0:15The Arakan army and an aid worker say at least twelve people died, and thirty-two0:20were wounded across four townships.0:22The immediate question is whether injured people and expectant mothers can still get0:27the care they need.0:28The Arakan army and the aid worker blame Myanmar's military for the strikes in0:33western Rahim state.0:35The casualty totals are still unconfirmed.0:38They include people at the maternity facility and commuters using a bridge.0:42The baby girl was receiving care at a makeshift clinic and maternity ward in Rokou.0:48Her twin survived.0:50She had been expected to go home the following day.0:53Four other people, including healthcare workers, were also reported killed.0:58The aid worker described the girl as a week old.1:01Her age has also been given as about a month.1:03Her exact age is unclear.1:06But both descriptions identify an infant who died in the collapse.1:10Later local figures put the number wounded at the clinic at nine.1:13Five people, including a newborn, means the same thing as a newborn and four other1:18people.1:18Both descriptions put the clinic toll at five.1:21The baby is already included in that number.1:24Seven commuters were reported killed at the bridge in Kauqtau.1:28An initial local count also put the wounded there at ten.1:32The seven bridge deaths and five clinic deaths together account for the reported1:37minimum of twelve.1:38The clinic and bridge injuries are also included within the wider figure of1:43thirty-two.1:44The strikes reached Kyokta and Mrak U, as well as Kyok Pew and Paokta.1:50The Arakan army held Mrak U and controlled most of Rahin state.1:55Fighting had intensified in recent weeks as its forces approached Sitwe.2:00The bridge's exact crossing remains unclear.2:03Local descriptions place its endpoints differently.2:06So its location can only be given confidently as Kyaucta.2:10Some local accounts place the bridge and clinic strikes at about half past five that2:15evening.2:16Those approximate times don't show whether the attacks happened together.2:19An earlier count covered Kyaqtau and Maroku and put deaths at eleven,2:26with more than ten injured.2:28The later count covered four townships.2:30The clinic's own early estimate was about four deaths, before later figures put it2:36at five.2:36The wider geographic coverage helps explain why those totals shouldn't be treated as2:41rival final counts.2:43But nobody has explained every change, and a complete location by location breakdown2:48of the thirty-two wounded hasn't emerged.2:50The military-backed government hadn't responded to the allegations when the2:54principal account appeared on November second.2:57The attacks happened on November first.2:59The next day, the United Nations Secretary General condemned the weekend airstrikes3:04and expressed concern about civilian deaths.3:07And damaged infrastructure.3:09A medical aid statement followed on November third.3:11The Secretary General's concern covered a wider area, including a separate school3:16strike in Caenya State.3:18At broader statement's reference to at least a dozen deaths overlaps with these3:23casualties.3:24The government had previously described its campaign as fighting terrorists, but it3:28gave no specific response to the clinic and bridge allegations.3:32Medicine sans frontier acknowledged damage to the temporary maternity ward.3:37Its November third statement repeated the reported five civilian deaths, including a3:43newborn.3:44The follow-up added a medical aid acknowledgement of damage while leaving the3:49casualty figure unchanged.3:51People wounded in the strikes still need treatment, and expectant mothers need3:55somewhere to deliver safely.3:57A reconciled casualty list and a specific military response are still awaited.4:03Nobody has said how much maternity care remains available at the damaged ward.สำรวจกับ HeyDexติดตามผ่าน RSS
