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At Least 19 High School Students Killed in Myanmar Air Strike
The airstrike targeted two schools in Kyauktaw township, killing 19 students aged 15 to 21 and injuring 22 others amid ongoing civil war since 2021.
On September 12, 2025, a military airstrike struck two private high schools located in Thayet Thapin, a village within Kyauktaw, Rakhine, resulting in the deaths of 19 students.
The attack occurred amid ongoing conflict between Myanmar's military junta and the ethnic Arakan Army, which controls much of Rakhine and opposes the junta.
The bombs struck while the students, aged 15 to 21, were sleeping, injuring 22 others, according to the Arakan Army statement and local media reports.
UNICEF condemned the strike, stating it adds to a pattern of devastating violence in Rakhine where children and families suffer the ultimate price.
The strike highlights the military’s ongoing difficulties in suppressing opposition forces and raises concerns over civilian casualties amid Myanmar’s prolonged civil unrest since the 2021 coup.
At least 19 high school students from Burma (Myanmar), aged between 15 and 21, lost their lives in a bombing ordered by the military junta that holds power in the country, as opposed groups fighting the army denounced on Saturday. The attack, recorded in the early hours of Friday, took place in the state.