Death toll from airstrike at school in Sagaing Region rises; Fighting near regime outpost in Ayeyarwady Region

Death toll from airstrike at school in Sagaing Region rises

Depayin Township residents told DVB that the death toll from Monday’s regime airstrikes on a school operated by the National Unity Government (NUG) in Ohteintwin village, Sagaing Region, increased to 22. Depayin is located 40 miles (64 km) north of the Sagaing Region capital Monywa.

“The youngest student [killed] was seven,” a People’s Defence Force (PDF) member told DVB. Twenty of those killed were students below the age of 18. The other two were teachers in their twenties. The PDF accused the Burma Air Force of using cluster bombs, but DVB is unable to verify this claim.