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Let Yet Kone (Burmese: လက်ယက်ကုန်း) is a village in Ye-U District, Sagaing Region of Myanmar.[1] Let Yet Kone has about 3,000 villagers living in 400 houses.[2] Most villagers in Let Yet Kone are rice or peanut farmers.[3]
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Massacre
[edit]On 16 September 2022, Myanmar Air Force's two helicopters fired machine guns and heavier weapons at a monastic school in Let Yet Kone, killing 7 children and injuring 17 others.[4][5] In addition, the ground column attacked the village after the air attack.[6] After the attack, about 30 children were wounded and 20 children and three teachers were taken way by soldiers.
References
[edit]- ^ "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit. June 2020.
- ^ "Myanmar School Massacre: 'The Lives of Our Children Have Been Sacrificed' (Published Sept. 2022)". The Irrawaddy. 2022-09-21. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Myanmar: Air strikes have become a deadly new tactic in the civil war". BBC News. 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-03-02.
- ^ "Myanmar's junta denies deadliest attack on school after 13 found dead". The Independent. 21 September 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "School attack in Let Yet Kone village may be considered a war crime with commanders criminally liable – Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar - Myanmar | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
- ^ "ဒီပဲယင်းက ကလေး ၉ဦး ကို စစ်တပ်က ရေဦး၌သင်္ဂြိုဟ်ကာ အလောင်းဖျောက်". Irrawaddy (in Burmese). 18 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
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