Violence in Myanmar continues to increase. More than 100 civilians were killed in an air raid. It is not the first attack of this kind.
At least 100 civilians have been killed in a military airstrike in Myanmar, according to media reports. Children were also among the victims, the Delta News Agency reported on Tuesday based on eyewitnesses.
The forces of the ruling military junta fired rockets early this morning (local time) at Pazigyi township in the Sagaing region in the center of the country, just as an opening ceremony was taking place for a new office of the anti-junta People’s Defense Forces. held there. It was said that many people from neighboring villages had also come.
Heavy fighting over and over again
Heavy fighting has recently broken out in the region between the army and armed groups opposing the junta. Generals seized power two years ago. Prime Minister Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested. The Nobel Peace Prize winner was sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for various alleged crimes.
Since the overthrow, Myanmar has increasingly descended into chaos and violence. The generals rule with an iron fist. The army cracks down on civilian protests and armed resistance by anti-junta militias across the country.
The situation in Pazigyi is chaotic. According to eyewitnesses, the number of casualties could rise. Residents said the military appeared to be waiting for the ceremony to launch the airstrike and hit as many people as possible. Many corpses were seen in photos on social networks.
Myanmar’s shadow government (government of national unity) called it an “heinous act” in a statement and stressed that it was further evidence of the extreme violence the junta is using against innocent civilians. In October last year, 80 people were killed in an air raid on a concert in Kachin state in the north of the country. Many more were injured.
Source: Krone
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