US Urges Burma Junta to End ‘Horrific Violence’ After Airstrikes Kill Villagers

One of the houses that were destroyed in an airstrike by the military junta in the Khuafo village, located north of the Chin State town of Thantlang, Burma, on March. 30, 2023. Free Burma Rangers

The United States on April 11 urged the Burmese military junta to cease its “horrific violence” against civilians after more than 50 villagers were killed in the junta’s latest airstrike in the northwestern Sagaing region.

A junta fighter jet dropped bombs directly onto a house where villagers had gathered for a housewarming ceremony in Pazigyi village, Sagaing’s Kinbalu township, The Irrawaddy reported.