Myanmar junta airstrike kills four in northern Magway Region

Four people were killed and many others injured as Myanmar’s military conducted airstrikes in two northern Magway Region townships on Thursday, according to local residents.The first attack took place at around 2am and targeted the village of Ahlelban in Htilin Township, located about 10 miles east of the town of Htilin. Two elderly people and two female students were killed in that assault, sources said. Further details about the victims were unavailable at the time of reporting.“There was no ground fighting at all. People were living peacefully. It happened when everyone was sound asleep, and no one expected an attack, so there were many casualties,” said a local man who spoke to Myanmar Now on condition of anonymity.According to a statement released by the anti-regime Htilin Township People’s Defence Organisation on Thursday evening, 12 houses were completely destroyed by the attack, while about 40. . .