JAKARTA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has “strongly condemned” the latest military air strike on a village in Myanmar that left around 100 people, including children and women, dead.
According to a statement issued by the Indonesia-based block” “All forms of violence must stop immediately, particularly the use of armed force against civilians.
The military air strike struck Kanbalu township in the central Sagaing region on Tuesday, where hundreds of civilians had gathered to celebrate the opening of the local administration office under the authority of the shadow National Unity Government.
The junta confirmed the attack and accused NUG’s armed wing, the People’s Defense Forces, of coercing residents into supporting them. Infants and the elderly were killed in the strike.
A local resident, Zaw said, “Citizens in the area have never fought against the army, but still, I’ve no idea why the junta launched the attack on the area and killed the civilians.”
Myo, another resident of Pa Zi Gyi, told the media that he lost six family members and relatives in the airstrike.
