Witnesses claim 22 killed in Myanmar junta airstrike on school

Over a dozen abandoned book bags were piled before a pole flying the Myanmar flag outside the school building. - AFP -

DEPEYIN, Myanmar: The death toll from a Myanmar junta airstrike on a school on Monday (May 12) is reported at 22 people, including 20 children, witnesses said.

The strike hit the school in the village of Oe Htein Kwin -- around 100km northwest of the epicentre of the March 28 quake -- at about 10am, locals said.