An airstrike in the Sagaing region of northwestern Myanmar killed dozens of people Tuesday, according to eyewitnesses and leaders of insurgent groups that have been fighting the country’s military junta.
YANGON, Myanmar — Entire buildings were reported leveled in the attack on Kanbalu Township, about 130 miles northwest of Mandalay, in what might have been one of the deadliest such strikes since Myanmar’s military seized power in a coup two years ago.
Opponents of the military and local residents had gathered in Kanbalu’s Pa Zi Gyi village Tuesday morning to mark the opening of a new office of an administrative unit of the People’s Defense Force , a self-proclaimed rebel army formed in the wake of the coup, according to eyewitnesses. Midway through a celebration ceremony, a little before 8 a.m.
Myanmar’s military has stepped up its aerial offensive against resistance fighters in recent months, using its arsenal ofto inflict heavy casualties. In September, two military helicopters attacked a school, killing 11 children, according to the United Nations. In October, a jet opened fire on an outdoor concert, leaving as many as 80 people dead.
Many of these attacks have targeted Sagaing, a resistance stronghold that has seen some of the fiercest fighting since the coup. More than 600,000 people in Sagaing have been displaced by the conflict, according to the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. But the junta has increasingly blocked aid groups’ access to the region, including in the wake of deadly attacks.
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