A Myanmar military airstrike hit a village near a shuttered school in Magway Region’s Saw Township on Wednesday, killing four civilians, including an eight-year-old girl, and injuring two others.Local residents told Myanmar Now that they believe it was a targeted attack based on false junta claims. The bombs struck the village of Ah Nyar Ka Tin, around 10:30 am landing on both sides of a school compound, destroying two classrooms and nine homes.Victims included three women killed instantly and a young girl, who died enroute to a clinic. A teenager and another woman were injured.
Residents denied junta claims that explosives were being made at the school, calling the strike part of a broader pattern of military attacks on civilian sites. No fighting had been reported in the area at the time of the fighting.
The National Unity Government’s (NUG) Human Rights. . .
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