Military government air strikes kill 17 in western Myanmar state
Al Jazeera
Women and children among those killed and 14 others wounded in air strikes on a village market in Rakhine.
A military air strike by the Myanmar military in Rakhine state has killed at least 17 people and injured 14 others, local media reported, in the latest civil war carnage weeks after a military-backed governing party election win was dismissed as a “sham” by international observers.
Women and children were among those killed when air strikes hit Yoengu village in Ponnagyun township on Tuesday, the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB) said.
The village lies about 33 kilometres (21 miles) northeast of Sittwe, the Rakhine state capital. It was captured by the Arakan Army (AA), an ethnic Rakhine armed group fighting the Myanmar military, in March 2024.
The AA statements listed the names of 17 “innocent civilians”, including three children, killed in the strike. It said 15 people had been wounded in the attack.
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