Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military killed three civilians and injured 15 others at a monastery in Rakhine State’s Ponnagyun Township on Tuesday, according to a local civil society group.The attack took place at around 7pm and targeted the village of Aung Pyu Pyin, located about 13 miles north of the town of Ponnagyun, the Ponnagyun Youths Association said in a statement.The three deceased were identified as Than Maung, 53, Ma Ri, 45, and Thet Kyaw, 19, the group said. The injured included three boys and two girls under the age of 15. Most of the victims were war-displaced villagers sheltering at the monastery.“I heard a bomb drop, and it was very loud. I tried to sleep downstairs, but couldn’t because I was too scared,” a woman living in a nearby village told Myanmar Now.In its statement, the Ponnagyun Youths Association—which has been. . .
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