Overview
- An airstrike hit a monastery in Swel Le Oh village, Myaung township, Sagaing, on Friday and opposition sources say 14 people, including three women, were killed and about 20 were wounded during a week‑long meditation retreat.
- Eyewitnesses and local residents reported a fighter jet dropped two bombs roughly 15 minutes apart, with the second blast damaging a nearby house and striking the compound where more than 100 people had gathered.
- The Myanmar military did not immediately comment on this strike, and the government has publicly rejected UN investigators’ recent findings that it has escalated aerial attacks against civilian areas.
- The UN‑established Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar is collecting evidence on airstrike patterns, munitions and command chains to assess possible violations and future accountability.
- Sagaing has been a resistance stronghold since the 2021 coup and the growing use of air power there has increased civilian vulnerability, which could prompt renewed international pressure and legal scrutiny of Myanmar’s military operations.