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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Grant Peck

Funerals held in Myanmar for pupils and teachers killed in airstrike on school

Myanmar Conflict - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Funerals have been held in Myanmar for almost two dozen students and teachers alleged to have been killed in an airstrike on a local school by a ruling military jet fighter.

Local resistance groups and independent media said Tuesday that 20 pupils and 2 teachers died in the attack on Ohe Htein Twin village, in Sagaing region’s township of Tabayin, also known as Depayin. Their reports said that as many as 100 people were wounded.

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