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Myanmar Airstrike on Sagaing Monastery Kills at Least 23

The raid underscores the junta’s intensified aerial campaign against rebel areas ahead of planned elections.

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Overview

  • At least 23 people, including four children, were killed when a fighter jet bombed a monastery in Lintalu village before dawn on July 11.
  • Approximately 30 others were injured in the strike, with resistance members reporting about 10 in critical condition.
  • The monastery was sheltering around 150 to 200 civilians displaced by recent clashes between the military and pro-democracy forces.
  • The ruling military council has not commented on the attack, while the National Unity Government and witnesses say it continues a deliberate campaign against civilian sites.
  • Aid groups warn that the escalating air raids are deepening Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis by driving mass displacement and increasing medical needs.