Myanmar village air strike kills at least 12 near Mandalay, says local official

Witness Myint Soe, 62, said he tried to hide as an aircraft came in for a bombing run.

“I heard huge bomb blast sounds at the same time I was hiding,” he said. “When I came out and looked at the market area I saw it was on fire.”

In the aftermath, buildings which appeared to be homes and a restaurant were ablaze, as people in civilian clothing and camouflage uniforms doused the flames with water.

The limp body of a child with a bloody head wound was loaded into the back of an ambulance by a man whose uniform was marked with the PDF insignia.