Myanmar's military conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region on August 21–22, 2026, killing 14 people, including three women, during a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent. Approximately 100 people were gathered at the monastery when the strike occurred.
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An opposition group and a resident say Myanmar’s military has conducted an airstrike on a Buddhist monastery in the central Sagaing region, killing 14 people.
Myanmar military strike kills 14 people at a Buddhist monastery, opposition group says AP News
More than 100 people were in the monastery for a religious retreat, according to a local resident.
A Myanmar military air strike on a monastery where civilians were gathered for a meditation retreat marking Buddhist Lent killed 14 people, two rebel fighters who witnessed the aftermath said. Myanmar has been consumed by civil war since the military staged a 2021 coup ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi and detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate. Over the past five years, more th
Around 100 people were attending a meditation retreat in central Myanmar when the building was targeted by military planes, witnesses said.