Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Central Myanmar
Dozens of people in coup-hit Myanmar’s central region were killed in airstrikes Tuesday, according to local media reports and a witness contacted by AFP.
The country has been in chaos and its economy in tatters since the military seized power in February 2021.
The death toll from the early Tuesday morning strike on the remote Kantbalu township in Sagaing region is unclear.
At least 50 fatalities and dozens wounded were reported by BBC Burmese, The Irrawaddy and Radio Free Asia.
Sagaing region — near the second-largest city Mandalay — has put up some of the fiercest resistance to the military’s rule, with intense fighting raging there for months.
Graphic video clips circulating on social media — that AFP has been unable to verify — show bodies scattered among the ruins of homes.
Agence France-Presse
