Junta airstrikes and attacks kill at least seven civilians in Magway Region

Junta airstrikes and attacks have killed at least seven civilians, including a monk, in Myanmar's Magway Region since March 9, according to local sources.An airstrike hit a monastery near Gway Kone Village, Salin Township, on Monday morning, killing a 76-year-old monk and injuring two others, the township's National Unity Government (NUG) administrative team reported.“A monk sustained severe injuries and died at the clinic,” a representative from the township’s administrative team told Myanmar Now. “Two other men in their 20s are receiving medical attention, but are not in critical condition.”Sources say the monastery in Gway Kone Village, an area under resistance control, was used as a shelter for displaced people. Two warplanes targeted the village after a junta column raided three villages on the opposite bank of Salin Stream, according to a source close to resistance forces.Before advancing toward Lin Zin Village. . .