Military jet bombs Presbyterian Church in Mindat, Chin State

At about 2:30 p.m. on 9 October 2026, a Myanmar military fighter jet bombed the Presbyterian Church in Mindat town, Chin State, a congregation of the Victoria Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Myanmar. Sources in Chin State told the Burma Research Institute that a 500-pound bomb destroyed the church building, completed in 2018, along with the pastor's residence and the church's Victoria private high school. No injuries were reported. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported that two jets dropped four bombs on two locations in Mindat and destroyed the church compound.

Airstrike that destroyed a church compound, mapped to incidentType shelling as with earlier aerial bomb strikes. structuresDamaged counts the church, pastor's residence and church school. Mindat is held by the Chinland Defense Force–Mindat. Coordinates are the Nominatim town pin for Mindat. Also reported by CSW (https://www.csw.org.uk/press/military-destroys-churches-in-chin-and-kachin-states/) and Baptist Standard (https://baptiststandard.com/news/world/myanmar-military-destroys-churches-in-chin-and-kachin-states/).