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Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12

By AFP
March 17, 2025
This photo taken on March 14, 2025 shows people trying to extinguish fires in destroyed buildings following aerial bombardments by Myanmars military in Singu Township in central Myanmars Mandalay Region. — AFP
This photo taken on March 14, 2025 shows people trying to extinguish fires in destroyed buildings following aerial bombardments by Myanmar's military in Singu Township in central Myanmar's Mandalay Region. — AFP

LETPANHLA, Myanmar: A Myanmar junta airstrike on a village held by anti-coup fighters killed at least 12 people according to a local administrative official, who said the bombardment targeted civilian areas.

Myanmar´s military seized power in a 2021 coup which has plunged the country into a fractious civil war and analysts say the embattled junta is increasingly using air strikes to target civilians.

The Friday afternoon strike hit the village of Letpanhla around 60-kms north of the country´s second biggest city of Mandalay. The village in Singu township is held by the People´s Defence Forces (PDF) -- anti-coup guerillas who took up arms after the military toppled the country´s civilian government four years ago.