Two schoolchildren were killed on Monday morning when the junta air force bombed a village school outside the Chin State capital of Hakha, Chin resistance fighters said.
The air force initiated the strike on the school in Vanha village, located east of Hakha and west of Gangaw Township, Magway Region, at around 10am on Monday while children were doing chores on the school compound.
“The children were doing the school cleaning work at around 10:30 this morning when the bombs were dropped,” said Salai Htet Ni, spokesperson for the Chin National Army/Chin National Front (CNA/CNF) on Monday. “Two young children were killed. A female teacher and a young child were also injured.”
The slain children were between five and seven years old.
A member of the Chinland Defense Force of Hakha (CDF-Hakha) confirmed the general events of the attack, but was not. . .
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