Myanmar clinic airstrike kills 11 including doctor, say locals

Myanmar junta airstrike kills 11, including doctor, in remote village clinic amid escalating civil war.

A Myanmar junta airstrike on a remote village medical clinic killed 11 persons including a doctor and his wife, locals said.

A 2021 military coup has plunged Myanmar into a fractious civil war between the junta, anti-coup guerillas and ethnic armed groups locked in a deadly stalemate over the Southeast Asian country.

Locals said the Saturday morning airstrike hit the village of Hnan Khar in the western region of Magway, in a zone currently held by anti-coup forces.

A spokesman for Myanmar's military could not be reached for comment.

"It flew very low and I heard a loud bomb blast when we were hiding," said one villager on Sunday, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.

"When I went to clear up the area I saw only pieces of human bodies," he added. "It felt terrible to see it and my mind is still not clear of the image."

The eyewitness and a second man from the local area said a doctor and his wife were among the 11 killed when the explosion tore through a makeshift clinic opened in a house.