Story highlights Death toll rises to five

China sends fighter jets to patrol over border with Myanmar following the incident

Report: In addition to the fatalities, eight others were wounded

(CNN) A Myanmar warplane fighting rebels dropped a bomb at a sugarcane field in China, the latter's state media reported Saturday. The bomb killed five civilians.

In addition to the fatalities, eight others were wounded, according to Xinhua news agency.

Shortly after the incident Friday, China sent fighter jets to patrol over their shared border.

The jets are there to "track, monitor, warn and chase away" Myanmar military planes, China's air force told state media.

China summoned Myanmar's ambassador in Beijing after the incident in the border city of Lincang.

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