Eight folks had been killed and 30 had been injured when a drone bombed a water pageant pavilion in a village in Myanmar’s northern Sagaing area.
Locals stated most of these injured in Thursday’s assault on Sagaing township’s Kywei Pon village had been junta troops and members of the affiliated Pyu Noticed Htee militia who had been gathering there to have a good time the Thingyan pageant within the run as much as Burmese new yr.
A junta assertion launched Friday confirmed the variety of casualties and stated 5 kids had been among the many lifeless. It blamed an area Folks’s Protection Pressure for the assault, saying the drone dropped 4 bombs on the constructing.
One resident advised RFA the junta constructed the pavilion on a college soccer pitch. He stated junta troops have been stationed in Sagaing township close to the village for the reason that February 2021 coup and native Folks’s Protection Forces typically assault them.
“I noticed three vehicles transporting injured folks to Sagaing’s 200-bed hospital this morning,” stated the native, who didn’t need to be recognized for security causes.
“The military fired heavy artillery shells across the village after the incident.”
Thursday, the primary day of the water pageant, was marked by a collection of bombings of junta-built Thingyan pavilions.
4 folks had been killed and 11 injured in Shan state’s Lashio town.
Bombs additionally went off in Bago area’s Letpadan township, and Yangon’s Thaketa and Hlaingtharya townships however nobody was injured.
No group has claimed accountability for any of Thursday’s assaults.
Translated by RFA Burmese. Edited by Mike Firn.