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Kayin state, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in October 2024

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UCDP recorded 9 events of organized violence in Kayin state, Myanmar in October 2024. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 12. The low estimate is 12 and the high estimate is 13. UCDP counts 8 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for September 2024 was 1 event.

Among the 20 months with a report for Kayin state, Myanmar, October 2024 has the highest count of events. Kayin state, Myanmar holds 10 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in Myanmar in October 2024.

The report of the country for this month: Myanmar, October 2024.

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An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

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Events

The table lists each event of the month. The CSV file of Myanmar has each event.

Table 1. Kayin state, October 2024: the events of the month, in the order of their dates
DatePlaceSides, as UCDP writes themType of violenceEstimated deathsLowHigh
2 Oct 2024Hpapun district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based111
2 Oct 2024Hpapun district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based223
5 Oct 2024Hpapun district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based222
9 Oct 2024Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based111
11 Oct 2024Hpapun district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based111
12 Oct 2024Kawkareik district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based222
18 Oct 2024Kawkareik district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based111
25 Oct 2024Kawkareik district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based111
30 Oct 2024Kawkareik district, Kayin stateGovernment of Myanmar (Burma); KNUState-based111

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Kayin state: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of October 2024, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Myanmar (Burma)912
KNU912

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

All months

Table 3. Monthly reports of Kayin state, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20262P2PCandidate Events
August 20262P2PCandidate Events
May 20261P1PCandidate Events
April 20261P1PCandidate Events
March 20263P6PCandidate Events
February 20261P1PCandidate Events
January 20261P1PCandidate Events
November 202522GED
October 202514GED
September 202522GED
June 2025512GED
May 202563GED
April 2025645GED
March 202531GED
February 202532GED
January 202533GED
December 202436GED
November 202421GED
October 2024912GED
September 202410GED

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ConflictStats. Kayin state, Myanmar: events and estimated deaths in October 2024. https://conflictstats.com/country/myanmar/kayin-state/month/2024-10/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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