Asean condemns Myanmar hospital airstrike, urges halt to violence

A woman inspects a hospital damaged in a Myanmar military air strike that killed more than 30 people in Mrauk U, western Rakhine state, on December 11, 2025. A Myanmar military air strike killed more than 30 people at a hospital, an on-site aid worker said on December 11, 202,5 as the junta wages a withering offensive ahead of elections beginning this month. -- Photo by AFP

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) - Asean has urged all parties in Myanmar to take concrete and immediate action to halt indiscriminate violence and end targeted attacks against civilians and civilian infrastructure, following a deadly airstrike on a hospital in western Rakhine State on Wednesday. 

According to the Asean Chair’s Statement issued on Saturday, Asean expressed deep concern and strongly condemned the airstrike on Mrauk-U Hospital, which resulted in the deaths of at least 31 civilians and injured at least 76 others.