NAYPYIDAW: At least 23 people have been confirmed dead, including four children, after an attack on a monastery in a village in Myanmar’s Sagaing region, witnesses said today.
The monastery in the village of Lintalu was hit in the early hours of this morning, said Hlaing Bwa, head of the Sagaing District People’s Administration, a pro-democracy group that administers parts of the central region.
He and a local resident described the attack as an airstrike by the state administration council, Myanmar’s ruling military junta.