UN chief decries violence in Myanmar as 25 Rohingya killed in airstrikes

TRTWORLD
19 March 2024 

Myanmar's military is increasingly using airstrikes to counter the widespread armed struggle against its rule since its seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. 

Reuters Archive

Soldiers stand next to military vehicles as people gather to protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar. / Photo: Reuters Archive

Military airstrikes in western Myanmar killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, including children, local media reported, prompting the UN chief to express concerns over the escalating violence.

Over 20 Rohingya Villagers Killed as Myamar Junta Warplane Attacks Village in Rakhine

The Irrawaddy

March 19, 2024

Houses hit by a junta bombing raid in Thardar Village, Minbya Township / APM

Twenty-three Rohingya residents were killed and 33 injured in an unprovoked bombing raid by the military regime on Monday in Minbya Township in western Myanmar’s Rakhine State, according to residents. A junta warplane dropped two bombs early Monday morning on Thardar Village, residents said. A faith leader and his wife, and a number of children, were among the 23 victims killed.

‘Piles of corpses’ left after Myanmar junta attacks village

RFA
By RFA Burmese
2024.03.18 

An aerial attack left 20 people dead and 33 injured in a township under Arakan Army control.

A junta aerial bombardment killed and injured dozens in western Myanmar, residents told Radio Free Asia.

Most residents in Thar Dar, a predominantly Rohingya village in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, were sleeping when a fighter jet dropped a bomb around 1 a.m. Friday, a resident said.