Six people, including four novice monks, were killed due to an airstrike carried out by Myanmar junta forces on the village monastery in Thit Say Kone village, northern Taze Township, Sagaing Region, on the morning of 5 February.
The attack was carried out by two jet fighters at around 9:30 am. It is reported that there are also several people with serious injuries.
“Two jet fighters bombed the village monastery. The first plane dropped bombs twice, and the second one fired rocket and dropped bombs. Six people, including four little novices, were killed,” a 25-year-old local man said.
During the incident, the military used two jet fighters for the bombing. Four young novices, one man, and an elderly woman were killed by shrapnel, while three others sustained severe injuries.
“The monastery has no connection to the revolution. There is a large vehicle workshop inside the compound, and they likely mistook the many parked cars for a hospital or clinic. They targeted a non-military site by mistake,” the local man said.
The National Unity Government (NUG) released a statement on 2 February, stating that in the five years since the military coup, the junta has carried out 4,750 airstrikes targeting civilians across the country, resulting in 5,188 civilian deaths.
