Military officials said if innocent civilians had been killed, then it was because they were being 'forced to support terrorists'
The UN says schoolchildren"performing dances" appear to have been among those killed when the Myanmar military targeted a village event said to have been staged by its domestic opponents.The aftermath of an airstrike in Pazigyi village in the Sagaing region in Myanmar where up to 100 people are feared to have died. Pic: Kyunhla Activists Group/AP
UN Human Rights chief Volker Turk condemned the attack, saying it"appears schoolchildren performing dances, as well as other civilians... were among the victims". Kyaw Zaw, a spokesman for the National Unity Government , an opposing shadow administration, said it believed nearly 100 people were killed when jets dropped bombs on villagers ahead of an attack by helicopter gunships as part of"another senseless, barbaric, brutal attack by the military".
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