A doctor and his family were among at least 11 civilians killed by a junta airstrike on a village clinic in Magway Region’s Gangaw Township on Saturday, according to residents.The attack, which took place at around 8:40am, targeted Hnan Khar, a village located about 36 miles north of the town of Gangaw. The clinic, situated in the centre of the village, had just opened for the day, sources told Myanmar Now.“The entire home housing the clinic was obliterated in the explosion. There were body parts scattered all over the place. A neighbouring house was also reduced to ashes,” said a man from Gangaw who was visiting the village when it came under attack.The clinic’s head doctor, his pregnant wife and child, a family of three, an elderly woman and her grandchild, several members of the clinic’s staff, and a neighbour were all killed. . .
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