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. . .
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