Military airstrike on schools in western Myanmar kills at least 18 people, most of them students

Debris is seen after an alleged army airstrike hit two private schools in Thayet Thapin village in Kyauktaw township in Rakhine state, Myanmar, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. It was reported that at least 18 people, most of them students, were dead due to the savage bombing. --AP Photo

YANGON/BANGKOK (AP): An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on two private schools in a village in Myanmar has killed at least 18 people, most of them students, an armed group and local media reports said Friday.

More than 20 others were injured in the nighttime attack on the Thayet Thapin village in Kyauktaw township, the area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in the western Rakhine state, they said. The military has not announced any attack in the area.