Airstrike in Myanmar's Sagaing Region Kills 17, Military Denies Involvement

The attack targeted a village under the control of pro-democracy resistance, leading to casualties among civilians, including children.

Airstrikes by Myanmar's military on Kanan village in Sagaing region, under the control of pro-democracy resistance, have reportedly killed at least 17 civilians, including nine children, and wounded about 20 people.
The military government denies responsibility for the attack, claiming it to be false news spread by Khit Thit Media, an independent online news service sympathetic to the anti-military resistance.
The military government has increased airstrikes against the armed pro-democracy Peoples Defense Force and ethnic minority guerrilla groups over the past two years, leading to large-scale human rights abuses, including the displacement of close to 2 million people.
Sagaing region, near the Indian border, has been a stronghold of armed resistance to the army, with several towns, including Khampat, seized by a coalition of resistance forces and the Kachin Independence Army.
The attack might have been intended for a ceremony marking the completion of combat training for new members of the resistance forces at another school in the village, according to a local resident.