Following the junta’s bombing of Sadon, a town in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, along the main highway connecting Waingmaw and Kan Paik Ti, schools and offices shut down, and residents started to flee. Many are now trapped by looters, and some have already started leaving the town,” a town resident said. Although no active clashes were occurring, the junta struck Sadon with two jet fighters around 2:20 pm on September 29, killing eight civilians, including three children. Sadon Town, under KIA control since June 11, 2024, holds strategic importance as it sits on the route linking Kan Paik Ti, a key China-Myanmar trade hub. But after its offensives in Waingmaw Township failed, the junta ramped up airstrikes targeting civilians, Colonel Naw Bu said.