MGR Online – Burmese SPDC planes drop two 500-pound bombs on a wedding party in the Sagaing region. As a result, 24 people were killed and about 30 others were injured on Monday.
After the explosion, military government forces fired several artillery shells at Mato village. In the city of Minjin, villagers said that as a result, more than 2,000 people from six nearby villages were forced to flee their homes.
Villagers in the area said the bomb was dropped on the wedding party around 8:15 a.m., but the newlyweds were on their way to the village temple at the time and were unharmed.
“But the rural areas have a place to cook, eat and entertain, including a place to give wedding gifts. All in one small central area when the bombs were dropped on this central area. All the people there were affected,” the villager said.
Because many of the wounded are in serious condition. The number of deaths is expected to rise. Among the dead was an 8-year-old child.
Many families are trying to find the remains of their missing relatives. But the various organs of the body are divided into pieces and at the same time, the military government continues to bomb them. It makes searching more difficult
“The soldiers are still firing their cannons. As a result, no one dared to enter the area to collect the bodies,” a villager said.
The central region of Burma includes the Sagaing Region, the Magway Region and the Mandalay Region. It has become a region resistant to military rule by the Burmese community, which constitutes the majority of the country's population.
The junta responded with heavy bombardment against the armed forces known as the People's Defense Forces (PDF), and at times the civilian population was the target of artillery fire and bombs that destroyed villages.
The military-backed Telegram channel reported that military aircraft dropped two bombs because the leader of the People's Defenders, Menken, was a married man. However, this claim has not been independently verified by RFA.
Aung Myo Min, Minister of Human Rights in the Government of National Unity, said the bombing was a war crime.
“This was a deliberate bombing of a civilian wedding. Aung Myo Min said: “It is not a military operation but a deliberate attack on civilians.”
Despite numerous attempts, Radio Free Asia did not receive a response from the military junta spokesman regarding the bombing. The news agency also attempted to contact the spokesman for the military government in the Sagaing region. But there was no response either.
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