Four monks among 13 civilians killed by junta airstrikes across Myanmar

Airstrikes carried out by Myanmar’s military killed at least 13 civilians, including four monks, and injured more than a dozen others across northern and western parts of the country over the weekend, according to local sources.

The attacks, which coincided with the start of the annual Thingyan holidays, targeted at least five monasteries in Sagaing Region and other locations in Mandalay Region and Chin and Rakhine states.

The most recent strikes were reported in Sagaing’s Kani Township,  where two monks and a 19-year-old woman were killed Monday morning during the bombing of villages along the Chindwin River, including Tha Min Chan, Mu Htaw, and Su Lay Kone, sources said.