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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.
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UN Children's Fund Unicef has condemned a deadly air attack by the army in Myanmar on two schools.
·Germany
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According to one rebel group, at least 19 students were killed in an air raid by the army in Myanmar.
·Vienna, Austria
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Myanmar: 19 school students die as junta airstrike targets schools in Rakhine
The group posted a statement saying that the junta launched an airstrike targeting two private schools in Kyauktaw township, in midnight attacks on Friday. The strikes killed 19 school students between the ages of 15 and 21 and wounded 22 others
·Mumbai, India
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