Regime airstrikes kill 48 residents of Sagaing and Magway regions

The People’s Defense Force (PDF) in Chaung-U Township told DVB that 12 civilians, including two children, and one PDF member were killed in Chaungma and Nwekhway villages during a military offensive in Sagaing Region on Tuesday. Chaung-U is located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of the regional capital Monywa. 

“Villagers had to flee [their homes] as many were killed and injured,” a Chaung-U PDF information officer told DVB on the condition of anonymity.