Military airstrike on schools in western Myanmar kills at least 18 people, most of them students

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Myanmar’s military reportedly killed at least 18 people, mostly students, in nighttime airstrikes on two private schools in western Rakhine state.

The attack targeted 17-18 year old boarding students in a village controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army resistance group.

The strike reflects escalating conflict since Myanmar’s 2021 military coup, with over 7,200 people killed by security forces.

BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on two private schools in a village in Myanmar has killed at least 18 people, most of them students, an armed group and local media reports said Friday.

More than 20 others were injured in the nighttime attack on the Thayet Thapin village in Kyauk