Myanmar Military helicopters used machine gun to shoot the school, killing 11 people, including children
17 (local time), the day after the military air strikes in a primary school in Letyetekone village in Tabain, northwest of Myanmar, there were still uncleared dry blood on the floor of the school corridor. Next to it is a blood-stained bag and notebook.
Myanmar military coup government forces launched air strikes on a school, killing at least 10 people, including children.
According to local media Irrawaddy and Associated Press reported on the 220th, on the 16th, a middle school in a Buddhist temple in Sega Province, about 100 kilometers northwest of Mandalay, Myanmar's second largest city, was attacked by the Myanmar military.
A school classroom in Myanmar was attacked by a helicopter, and the wreckage and blood were clearly visible on the floor of the damaged school building. AFP =Yonghap News news
Irrawaddy said 11 people, including students, were killed and 17 were injured, including three teachers and children. "Since the coup in February last year, military attacks have caused many civilian casualties, but this is the largest number of children killed."
witnesses testified that a Myanmar military helicopter attacked a village north of the village and opened fire at the school with an machine gun . “The students didn’t even think about turning the machine gun because they did nothing wrong,” the school’s teacher told the Associated Press.
In response, the Myanmar military accused the insurgents of firing because armed insurgents attacked them from the temple building.
The military claimed that the rebels used the villagers as human shields. The military claims that the rebels hid in the monastery during the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) crackdown.
"They [rebels] killed children on the spot and took teachers and others hostages," the Myanmar military said.
On the other hand, the rebels protested strongly, saying that the military committed the "crime of child murder."
A civil defense force (PDF) official said: "It is acceptable to kill us who fight them, but it is unacceptable to kill children in school."
