Around 100 people were attending a meditation retreat in central Myanmar when the building was targeted by military planes, witnesses said.

Fourteen people, including three women, were killed and 20 others injured when Myanmar's military carried out an air strike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region, an opposition group ...

A Myanmar military airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in Sagaing reportedly killed 14 people and injured 20. The attack occurred during a week-long meditation retreat in Myaung township, opposition ...

An opposition group and a resident say Myanmar’s military has conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region, killing 14 people ...

The attack is the latest in a series of frequent and deadly aerial strikes targeting armed pro-democracy forces and ethnic armed groups in Myanmar.

This story is part of Undertones, Global Voices’ Civic Media Observatory‘s newsletter. It features a summary of a year-long research on media ecosystems from Myanmar and what we can expect in 2023.

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