Myanmar Army Blamed for Air Attack on Village That Killed 40 Civilians

An airstrike by Myanmar's army on a village under the control of an armed minority ethnic group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, the group and a local charity said.

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The attack occurred on Wednesday in Kyauk Ni Maw village on Ramree Island, an area controlled by the Arakan Army in western Rakhine state, with hundreds of houses burned in a fire triggered by the bombing, they said. The military has not announced any attack in the area.

The situation in the village could not be independently confirmed, with access to communication services in the area mostly cut off.

Myanmar has been racked by violence since the army ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. After the army used lethal force to suppress peaceful demonstrations, many opponents of military rule took up arms and large parts of the country are now embroiled in conflict.