At least 31 victims were killed and dozens injured in Wednesday’s attack by the Myanmar military junta on a hospital in the city of Mrauk-U. Aid workers on the ground describe the situation as catastrophic, fearing that the death toll will rise.
More than 30 people were killed and more than 60 others were injured in an airstrike by the Myanmar junta on a hospital in the city of Mrauk-U, an aid worker who was at the scene of the attack announced on Thursday. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
- The Myanmar junta raid on the hospital claimed 31 lives.
- The junta has been intensifying attacks since the 2021 coup.
- The first elections since the coup are scheduled for December.
The aforementioned worker described the situation after Wednesday’s attack as very bad. “So far we can confirm 31 deaths and we think there will be more. There are also 68 injured and there will be more and more,” he said. AFP says there were at least 20 covered bodies outside the hospital on Thursday night.
The army took power after a coup in 2021
The junta has not yet commented on this attack. Myanmar’s military took power after a coup in 2021 that sparked a civil war and has been ramping up its airstrikes every year. Despite this, the army scheduled elections for December 28 – the first since the aforementioned coup. The junta wants them to take place in more than 300 precincts, including areas controlled by opposition groups. The rebels have vowed to block the vote in territories under their control, which the junta is seeking to regain. Critics warn that elections organized by the ruling military junta will be nothing but a farce.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a report published in September that Myanmar is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis, particularly in Rakhine State, where the Rohingya Muslim ethnic minority is concentrated. In his report, he pointed to “intensification of killings, torture, annihilation of villages and forced mass displacement”.
