EU demands accountability for Myanmar school strike that killed 22

A classroom is seen filled with debris after it 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

BRUSSELS: The EU on Wednesday (May 14) voiced shock at a deadly air strike on a school in central Myanmar, warning the "perpetrators must be held accountable for this atrocity".

A Myanmar junta air strike on Monday killed 20 students and two teachers in the village of Oe Htein Kwin in the country's Sagaing region, according to a school staff member, a local administrator, and other witnesses.