Myanmar’s military government denies carrying out deadly air attack on school

Debris and soot cover the floor of a middle school in Let Yet Kone village in Tabayin township in the Sagaing region of Myanmar on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, the day after an air strike hit the school. The attack killed a number of adults and children, according to a school administrator and volunteers assisting displaced people. (AP Photo)

Myanmar’s military-ruled government has denied reports that it carried out an air attack on a school in the country’s turbulent north-central region that killed at least seven children, accusing the media of distorting the truth.

Major General Zaw Min Tun, spokesman for the ruling military council, acknowledged at a news conference in the capital Naypyitaw that there had been fighting last Friday in Tabayin township in Sagaing region.