Junta bombs a school in central Myanmar, kills at least 20 students

Junta forces bombed a school in central Myanmar on Monday, killing at least 20 students, local sources and the country’s exiled civilian administration told Radio Free Asia.

A fighter jet fired at Sagaing region’s Oe Htein Kwin village in Tabayin township, which is under rebel control.

The airstrike killed 20 students and two teachers, and more than 20 others were wounded, according to local sources who requested anonymity for safety reasons.

Earlier, Nay Bone Latt, a spokesperson for the prime minister’s office of the shadow National Unity Government said that 17 students had died but that the death toll could rise.