An airstrike in central Myanmar kills up to 22 people at a bombed school, reports say
Witnesses and independent media reports say that an airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region has hit a school
ByGRANT PECK Associated PressMay 12, 2025, 8:47 AMincreasingly used airstrikes to counter a widespread armed struggle against its rule, which began in February 2021 година, когато иззе на властта от определеното държавно управление на Аун Сан Сув Кий. More than 6,600 civilians are estimated to have been killed by security forces since then, according to figures compiled by nongovernmental organizations.A member of the White Depeyin People's Defence Force resistance group fighting against army rule told The Associated Press that a fighter jet dropped a bomb directly onto a school, where many students from primary to high school levels were studying after 9 a.m. The area is about 115 kilometers (70 miles) Северозападно от Мандалай, вторият по величина град на Мианмар.
боецът на съпротивата, който се втурна към мястото на нападението, с цел да помогне на жертвите, приказва при изискване за анонимност, тъй като се опасяваше да не бъде задържан от военните. Той сподели, че 20 възпитаници и двама учители са били убити при нападението против учебното заведение, което се ръководи от продемократичното придвижване на страната, а към 50 други са ранени. Трима близки къщи бяха развалени.
Той също сподели, че в региона не е имало скорошни боеве, макар че сагирането е цитадела на съпротивата.
Ней Телефон Лат, представител на националното държавно управление на опозицията, сподели на АП, че е получил същата информация за броя на жертвите, а тази гибел може да се издигне. Организацията е главната опозиционна група, координираща съпротивата против военното ръководство. ; in Tabayin assisting displaced people who asked not to be identified because of fear of government reprisals said he received the information from the ground that 12 students were confirmed dead and around 30-50 others were wounded.
Sagaing region, near the border with India, has been a stronghold of armed resistance, and the military in recent years has stepped up airstrikes against the local pro-democracy People's Defense Forces. The resistance has no effective defense against air attacks.
In September 2022, aerial attacks by the military’s helicopters against a school and village in Let Yet Kone village in the same township, killed at least 13 people, including seven children.
Airstrikes in April 2023 airstrikes killed as many as 160 people, including many children, who were attending a ceremony held by opponents of army rule outside Село Пазигий в град Канбалун на региона на Сага.
