The United Nations on Thursday demanded an investigation after a strike on a Myanmar hospital killed at least 33 people, saying the attack could constitute a war crime.

The strike on Mrauk-U hospital in Myanmar's western Rakhine state took place late Wednesday.

The ruling junta has increased air strikes year-on-year since the start of the country's civil war, conflict monitors say, after seizing power in a 2021 coup ending a decade-long experiment with democracy.

"I am appalled and condemn in (the) strongest possible terms the strikes on Rakhine hospital which left dozens of civilians dead and wounded," UN rights chief Volker Turk said on X.

"Such attacks may amount to a war crime. I call for investigations and those responsible to be held to account. The fighting must stop now."

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