The United States on Tuesday urged the Burmese military junta to cease its “horrific violence” against civilians after more than 50 villagers were killed in the junta’s latest airstrike in the north-western Sagaing region.
A junta fighter jet dropped bombs directly onto a house in Pazigyi village in Sagaing’s Kinbalu Township, where villagers had gathered for a housewarming ceremony, the Irrawaddy reported.
Other reports said the building was a new administration building set up by a local people’s defense force that opposes the junta.
The attack reportedly killed 50 people and wounded 30 more, according to Irrawaddy’s report, while the Associated Press put the death toll at 100. The Epoch Times could not independently confirm the figures….