Students among 18 killed in Myanmar strike on Rakhine schools: Armed group

Attack on two private schools in a village kills at least 18 people, most of them students, says the Arakan Army.

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At least 18 people, most of them students, have been killed in an air strike on two private schools by Myanmar’s military in a village in the country’s western Rakhine state, according to an armed group and the local media.

Khaing Thukha, spokesperson for the Arakan Army (AA) that controls the area, told The Associated Press late on Friday that a jet fighter dropped two bombs on Pyinnyar Pan Khinn and A Myin Thit Private High School in the Thayet Thapin village in Kyauktaw township.