The Myanmar junta’s air force bombed a village in Saw Township, Magway Region on Thursday, according to locals, killing three civilians a few days after extending a declared ceasefire.
The claimed purpose of the ceasefire was to allow relief and reconstruction efforts to proceed uninterrupted after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar on March 28, causing more than 3,700 deaths.
Two bombs fell on Nyaungkan village some 10 miles north of Saw around 2pm on Thursday, landing and exploding inside a housing compound on the outskirts of the village.
“They dropped bombs just once. The bombs landed directly on that compound. Not directly on the house, but right next to it,” a villager said. “The aircraft circled once and then flew away in formation.”
The site of the bombing doubled as an automotive repair shop. Two of the shop’s mechanics in their 40s. . .
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