Nighttime airstrike on hospital leaves 34 dead and 80 injured in Myanmar

Nighttime airstrike on hospital leaves 34 dead and 80 injured in Myanmar


About 80 other people were injured in the attack Wednesday night on the general hospital in Mrauk-U township, an area controlled by the ethnic Arakan Army in the western state of Rakhine. Wai Hun Aung, a senior official for rescue services in Rakhine, told The Associated Press that a jet fighter dropped two bombs at 9:13 p.m. with one hitting the hospital’s recovery ward and the other landing near the hospital’s main building. He said that most of the hospital building was destroyed by the bombs, and taxis and motorbikes near the hospital were also damaged.


Published at: 2025-12-11 21:40:10

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