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Airstrike kills six in Magway Region

Residents of Myaing Township in Magway Region told DVB that two civilians and four People’s Defense Force (PDF) members were killed by an airstrike on Bahinn Village carried out by the Burma Air Force on Tuesday. The PDF members were reportedly visiting from Yinmarbin Township in Sagaing Region. 

“The four PDF members were eating at a local restaurant when the airstrike hit. The restaurant’s owner and her daughter were also killed,” a PDF spokesperson told DVB. Myaing is located 144 miles (231 km) northwest of the region’s capital Magway and 44 miles (70 km) south of Sagaing Region’s Yinmarbin.