Myanmar Airstrike on Monastery in Sagaing Kills at Least 23, Including 4 Children July 12, 2025 Sagaing Reg

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📰 Myanmar Airstrike on Monastery in Sagaing Kills at Least 23, Including 4 Children
🗓️ July 12, 2025
📍 Sagaing Region, Myanmar

📄 The Myanmar military launched an airstrike targeting a monastery sheltering civilians in Sagaing Region on the morning of July 12, killing at least 23 people, including 4 children, and injuring more than 30 others. The monastery had been regarded as a “safe zone” under humanitarian protection norms.

According to multiple reports, many villagers had sought refuge inside the monastery to escape ongoing clashes in the area. Witnesses claimed that a second strike occurred shortly after the initial bombing, violating the international humanitarian law principle of “No Double Tap”—which prohibits targeting a site again after the first strike, especially when first responders or civilians are present.

Location Monastery, Sagaing Region, Myanmar
Fatalities 23 (including 4 children)
Injuries Approximately 30
Time of Strike Morning, July 12, 2025
Perpetrator Myanmar Military Aircraft

Human rights groups have condemned the strike as a war crime, emphasizing the deliberate targeting of a civilian area and the use of disproportionate force.

Access to the affected area remains blocked, as the military maintains strict control, hindering emergency response and humanitarian access.

Further escalation is expected in conflict zones across central Myanmar. International condemnation is likely to intensify, but without concrete diplomatic intervention, attacks on civilian sites may continue. The potential for wider internal displacement and a worsening humanitarian crisis is growing.

🔗 Reported from Sagaing, Myanmar – World News War Correspondence Desk

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