Fourteen killed in strike on Myanmar monastery
Fourteen people were killed in military air strikes at a monastery in Myanmar early on Friday, opposition fighters and a local rescue worker have said.
Military air strikes killed fourteen people at a monastery in Myanmar on Friday morning, according to opposition fighters and a local rescue worker. All of the victims were elderly and several monks were injured, with the attack occurring twice, according to the rescue worker. The incident took place around 09:00 local time (02:30 GMT) in Myaung township, Sagaing region, approximately 70km (47 miles) west of Mandalay.
Civilians had gathered for a meditation retreat to mark Buddhist Lent. The military has not commented on the incident. Pro-democracy rebel Nway Oo Myaung stated that the victims included 11 men and three women, five of whom came from one village and the rest from a neighboring township. These individuals were aged between 50 and 70.
Another unnamed opposition fighter reported that while searching for survivors, the aircraft returned for a second strike. Myanmar has been embroiled in a civil war since a 2021 military coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi and has been under martial rule since.
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