At least 50 people, including civilians, were killed and dozens more injured in an airstrike Tuesday in central Myanmar by the junta targeting an event attended by opponents to the military rulers, according to local media reports.
If the number of fatalities in the latest incident rises to 100, it would be one of the largest since the February 2021 military coup that overthrew the democratically elected national government led by Aung San Suu Kyi.
About 150 people were said to be at the ceremony marking the opening of a facility linked to the anti-junta resistance group, People's Defense Force, local media reported quoting local residents.
Myanmar's junta chief Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing inspects troops during an annual military parade in the country's administrative capital of Naypyitaw on March 27, 2023. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
