Dancing children were among 100 killed in Myanmar air strike on village
The scene of devastation after the air strike in Pazigyi village in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township in Myanmar. Photo: Kyunhla Activists Group via AP
Sarah NeweyTelegraph Media Group Limited
Schoolchildren dancing at a village celebration are among 100 people feared killed in what could be one of the deadliest air attacks by the Myanmar military since the junta seized control two years ago.
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