Myanmar air strike kills five, including mother and toddler

Homes lay flattened by suspected military air strikes in the district of Mutraw, also known as Papun, in eastern Myanmar's Karen State, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. Air strikes this week by Myanmar's military on villages inhabited largely by the Karen ethnic minority killed a number of civilians, and destroyed two churches, two relief organizations said Friday. - AP

BANGKOK, Jan 15, 2023 (AFP): A mother and her toddler were among five people killed in a military air strike in Myanmar's east, Karen rebels and an aid group said on late Saturday (Jan 14).

Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup almost two years ago, ending the southeast Asian nation's brief period of democracy.