An elderly woman with limited mobility died in a fire started by junta troops after they triggered mines set out by resistance fighters
Most of the victims were elderly villagers unable to flee ahead of attacks carried out in two different townships earlier this week
The regime has carried out continuous air and ground attacks on villages in Sagaing’s Mawlaik Township over the past two weeks
The latest attacks come a month after airstrikes killed more than 160 people, including children, in the Sagaing Region township
No one was injured in the attack on a high school in Sagaing Region on Tuesday, but casualties were reported in similar incidents in Mon and Chin states earlier in the week