Eleven people were killed when a teashop was hit by a military airstrike in the northern Shan State town of Nawnghkhio on Tuesday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said.
The attack, which took place shortly before 3pm, comes as the junta battles widespread armed opposition to its 2021 coup and stands accused of using bloody rampages and air and artillery strikes to punish civilian communities.
“They were civilians who came to drink tea and were sitting at the shop,” Lway Yay Oo, the TNLA spokesperson, said.
At least four civilians were wounded and were receiving treatment in a hospital, she said.
Local media also reported that 11 people had died and that many others were injured in the army air attack on the teashop.
The attack is the latest violation by the junta in recent months of a China-brokered ceasefire signed early this. . .
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