A building burnt down by an airstrike by the military in the S once moreg region in northwestern Myanmar on the 11th (provided by officials)
[Bangkok = Taiki Fujikawa]The death toll has risen to 80 following the Myanmar military airstrikes a village in Kanbar township in the northwestern S once moreg region on the 11th. It is said that bodies are still scattered at the scene, and the number of casualties is likely to increase.
A total of 80 bodies, including 12 children, were cremated in the village, according to local sources. On the 12th, a military helicopter flew over the bombing site, so the residents who were collecting the bodies reportedly suspended their work until the helicopter flew away.
In this village, on the morning of the 11th, there was an opening ceremony for a pro-democracy administrative office, and residents from nearby villages also gathered. A man from Kambar said the building next to the government office served food and children ate before going to school. Army fighters bombed two places: the office and the building where the children were. A Russian attack helicopter, the Mir-35, also strafed the fleeing residents.
National military fighter planes also bombed the same village around 5:30 pm on the same day. Young people are believed to have died while collecting bodies and conducting rescue operations. An army spokesman told state television that the airstrikes targeted the pro-democracy militia, the PDF. However, a local man said, “There were no PDF members in the village.”
