13 people including 7 children killed in airstrikes in Myanmar

Bangkok. In Myanmar, government helicopters have attacked a school and a village, killing 13 people, including seven children. The school administrator and a support worker gave this information on Monday. The attack took place on Friday in the Let Yacht Kon village of Tabayin, about 110 km from Mandalay, the country’s second largest city. A school administrator said two of the four Mi-35 helicopters hovering north of the village started attacking the school with machine guns and heavy weapons, trying to move the students to safer places in classrooms on the ground floor. started doing He said six students died at the school and a 13-year-old boy was also shot dead in a nearby village.

Military government attacks on pro-democracy rebels and their allies often result in civilian casualties. However, the number of children killed in an airstrike in the Tabayin township of the Sagaing region appeared to be the highest since the military seized power in February last year. The army’s takeover triggered massive non-violent protests across the country. The army and police responded with deadly force. According to a report released by UNICEF this month, fighting has been particularly fierce in Sagaing, where the military has launched several offensive operations. Villages have been burned in some cases, displacing more than half a million people.

The incident took place in the village of Late Yacht Con in Tabayin, also known as Depayin, about 110 kilometers (70 mi) northwest of Mandalay, the country’s second largest city. School administrator Mar Mar said she was trying to move students to safer places in the ground floor classrooms when two of the four Mi-35 helicopters hovering north of the village attacked the school with machine guns and heavy weapons. started doing. He said that he did not expect any attack. Because the plane had passed over the village without any incident.