Myanmar’s military has carried out an airstrike on two private schools in a village in western Rakhine State, killing at least 18 people, most of them students, according to local media and an armed group. He said most of the victims were “17- to 18-year-old students from the private schools”. Wai Hun Aung, who directs relief work in Rakhine, said those killed in the air strike were among 30 to 40 boarders from the schools. Local news outlets reported that a military warplane dropped two 500lb bombs on a high school as students slept. The AA serves as the armed wing of the Rakhine ethnic minority movement, which is pushing for autonomy from Myanmar’s central government.

Source: bd News24 September 13, 2025 20:15 UTC