Myanmar military airstrike kills at least 53 – witnesses1 min read
They say that the dead include at least 15 women and a number of children. The BBC cannot verify the numbers.
Tuesday’s attack targeted a village in the north-western Sagaing region, which has opposed the military government.
The military has increasingly used air strikes against their opponents since they seized power in February 2021.
One villager told the BBC that a military jet had flown over at around 07:00 local time (01:30 BST) and dropped a bomb, followed by a helicopter gunship which attacked the village for twenty minutes.
Residents uploaded video showing scenes of appalling carnage, with dismembered bodies lying on the ground and several buildings on fire.
“Please call out if you are still alive, we are coming to help you,” they can he heard shouting as they walked through Pa Zi Gyi looking for victims of the attack.
They said that they tried to count the bodies, but that this was difficult because so many were in pieces, scattered among shredded clothing and burned motorbikes.