Five die as Myanmar air strikes hit churches, relief groups say

Myanmar Air Strike Kills Five, Including Mother and Toddler

Four junta fighter jets dropped eight bombs on villages in Hpapun district on Thursday afternoon, killing five people, the Karen National Union said in a statement

Relief groups say 5 die as Myanmar airstrikes hit churches

Airstrikes by Myanmar’s military on two villages inhabited largely by ethnic Karen killed five civilians, including a mother and her 2-year-old daughter, and destroyed two churches, two relief organizations said Friday.

5 die as Myanmar airstrikes hit churches: Relief groups

“Airstrikes are killing civilians and destroying homes, medical centres, churches, schools, libraries, and monasteries.”

Myanmar airstrikes leave five people killed

Two human rights organizations said on Friday that two churches were destroyed in the airstrikes.

Myanmar air strike kills five, including mother and toddler

A mother and her toddler were among five people killed in a military air strike in Myanmar's east, Karen rebels and an aid group said Saturday. Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup almost two years ago, ending the southeast Asian nation's brief period of democracy. Four junta fighter jets dropped eight bombs on

Myanmar Junta airstrikes kills five civilians including an infant, says relief groups

Two relief groups on Friday said that airstrikes conducted by Myanmar's junta killed five civilians and destroyed two churches. The villages are mostly inhabited by ethnic Karen. Among the fatalities reported, included a mother and her two-year-old daughter. A day earlier, similar airstrikes were conducted, which killed a pastor of a Baptist church, and two others, Karen Womens' Organisations said. A mother-child due was injured in the airstrike.