Air attack kills 17 in Myanmar
Updated On: 09 January, 2024 06:06 AM IST | Agencies
The morning aerial attacks on Kanan village in Sagaing region’s Khampat town, just south of the Indian border, also wounded about 20 people, local residents said
The bodies of victims killed by the airstrike. Pic/AP
Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on a village under the control of the pro-democracy resistance in the country’s northwest have killed at least 17 civilians, including nine children, local residents and a human rights group said Sunday.
The morning aerial attacks on Kanan village in Sagaing region’s Khampat town, just south of the Indian border, also wounded about 20 people, local residents said.
The country’s independent online media and the BBC’s Myanmar-language service reported the attack Sunday, but the military denied responsibility, claiming that it was false news spread by an independent online news service.
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