Myanmar Junta Airstrikes Kill 41 Civilians at Monastery and Market

At least 41 civilians, including children and novice monks, were killed in separate airstrikes by Myanmar regime warplanes on a crowded market in Mandalay Region and a displacement shelter in Shan State on Friday and Sunday.

Fourteen people were killed when a fighter jet dropped four 250lb bombs on Sein Yadanar Monastery in northern Shan State’s Nawnghkio, a town controlled by the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), on Sunday afternoon, according to the TNLA and locals.