Myanmar military strike on Buddhist monastery kills 14, including three women
A Myanmar military airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the Sagaing region killed 14 civilians attending a meditation retreat. This incident is part of an ongoing escalation of violence by the military junta against opposition groups.
Why it matters
The attack underscores the deteriorating human rights situation in Myanmar and the military's continued targeting of civilian spaces during the ongoing civil war.
Fourteen people, including three women, were killed and 20 others injured when Myanmar's military carried out an air strike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region, an opposition group and a villager said.The victims were attending a weeklong meditation retreat at the monastery.The air strike took place in Swel Le Oh village in Myaung township, about 75 kilometres west of Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, according to Nway Oo, a spokesperson for the Civil Defence and Security Organisation of Myaung Township (CDSOM).A fighter jet dropped a bomb inside the monastery compound, Nway Oo added.The villager, whose mother-in-law was among those killed, said the fighter jet dropped two bombs about 15 minutes apart.
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