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


Medics treating injured students after a school was allegedly hit by an airstrike by the military in Ohe Htein Twin village in Tabayin township, also known as Depayin in Sagaing region, Myanmar, on May 12, 2025. - AP

BANGKOK: 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 (May 13) that 20 pupils and two 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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