A heavy aerial attack in northeastern Myanmar on Wednesday night killed five people, including a 5-year-old girl, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The junta aircraft dropped 500-pound bombs on unarmed civilians in a village in Namhkan township in northern Shan state, which also injured four others, including two six-year-old children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The junta likewise bombed nearby Pang Law village, destroying seven houses in the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since the outbreak of clashes on Oct. 27, 103 civilians, including 20 children, have been killed and nearly 170 people injured in northern Shan state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A heavy aerial attack in northeastern Myanmar on Wednesday night killed five people, including a 5-year-old girl, Radio Free Asia reported on Friday. The junta aircraft dropped 500-pound bombs on unarmed civilians in a village in Namhkan township in northern Shan state, which also injured four others, including two six-year-old children. The junta likewise bombed …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":99115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3125,31],"tags":[5956,5955],"class_list":["post-99114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-myanmar","category-news","tag-bombing-killed-at-least-five-people","tag-junta-drops-bombs-on-civilians-in-northern-myanmar"],"yoast_head":"\n