Bangkok: At least 23 people were killed in an aerial attack on a Buddhist monastery in the central teak area of Myanmar, who were taking shelter in the premises, separate sources said on Friday.According to a member of a resistance group, an overnight an aerial attack on the monastery in Lin Ta Lu village, injured about 30 others, 10 of whom were in a serious position, according to a member of a resistance group.Resistance member – who spoke on the condition of anonymity – told the Associated Press that 23 citizens, including four children, were killed after a bomb dropped around 1 pm on a building on a building in the village monastery, where more than 150 people from nearby villages were taking shelter to avoid fighting in the area in recent weeks.Burma Online Media’s independent Democratic Awaaz of Myanmar said that the toll of death could be more than 30. This cannot be confirmed immediately.The army did not immediately comment on the incident in the monastery, which is located about 35 km north of Mandalay, the second largest city in the country. In the past, the army has said that it only attacks the valid goals of war, accusing the resistance forces of being a terrorist.Myanmar has been in the upheaval in February 2021 since Myanmar captured the army from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, triggering a civil war. Peaceful demonstrations were placed below with fatal force, many opponents of military rule took up arms, and large parts of the country now got entangled in the struggle.The army has used a rapid air attack to combat opposition forces, including a stronghold of armed resistance to armed people in the armed region. Resistance has no effective defense against air strikes.Hundreds of soldiers came to a halt after the monastery attack when the monastery attack comes to regain regions controlled by resistance groups, about five kilometers from Lin Ta Lu, a aggressive participation with tanks and various aircraft in an area.Resistance Fighter said that thousands of people from nearby villages had displaced in other cities and villages including Lin Ta Lu.A spokesman for the opposition’s National Integration Government, Nai Phone Latt told AP that the military rule was trying to withdraw areas controlled by resistance before a planned general election later this year. Voting is widely seen as an attempt to normalize the seizure of military through ballot and to give a result that ensures the generals to maintain control.
