An airstrike by Myanmar\u2019s military on the town of Mogok, the center of the Southeast Asian country\u2019s lucrative gem-mining industry, has killed at least 21 people including a pregnant woman, an armed opposition group, local residents and Myanmar\u2019s online media said Saturday.<\/p>\n
The incident was the latest in a series of frequent and deadly military airstrikes, often causing civilian casualties, that have intensified in a bid to reclaim territory from resistance groups amid the ongoing civil war that erupted after the army seized power in February 2021.<\/p>\n
The attack occurred Thursday at 8:30 p.m. in Shwegu ward in Mogok township, about 115 kilometers (70 miles) northeast of Mandalay, the country\u2019s second-largest city, said Lway Yay Oo, a spokesperson for the the Ta\u2019ang National Liberation Army. The TNLA is one of the powerful ethnic militias fighting against the army near the Chinese border.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout 21 civilians were killed. Seven others were injured. Homes and Buddhist monastery buildings were also damaged,\u201d Lway Yay Oo said, The AP news reported.<\/p>\n
Mogok, the ruby-mining center in the upper Mandalay region, was seized in July 2024 by the TNLA, a member of an alliance of ethnic militias that seized a large swath of territory in northeastern Myanmar in an offensive that began in late 2023.<\/p>\n
The group\u2019s statement released Friday night on its Telegram social media channel said 16 women were among the victims killed in the airstrike that appeared to target a Buddhist monastery in Mogok\u2019s Shwegu ward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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