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Myanmar junta gyrocopters bomb a village school, killing up to 11

Local counts run from eight dead to 11, with children among them. No warning reached the village, where the internet is cut. Residents say no fighters were present.

Viktor Lindahl
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Myanmar's junta bombed a school and homes in Nyaung Pin Lay village, in Kani Township.[1] It used three gyrocopters.[2] The strike was on 7 November. The toll The counts differ, and all come from local sources. Radio Free Asia reported 11 people killed, four of them children.[3] A resistance-aligned bulletin also gave eleven dead, including teachers and children.[4] A report on the day of the strike gave eight civilians killed and seven injured.[5] There is no official figure and no count from the United Nations in these reports. No military activity was present in the village at the time, the local report said.[6] The school building was damaged.[7] The warning that did not arrive The lack of Starlink internet stopped a warning of the bombing from reaching the village in time.[8] The military government has cut internet and phone lines in more than 40 percent of the country's townships.[9] The link between blackouts and airstrikes is close. From July to September, 581 military airstrikes killed at least 353 civilians.[10] Of those, 562 took place in areas where internet service had been cut.[11] That is 97 percent. Satellite internet has been shrinking too. SpaceX disabled more than 2,500 Starlink kits in Myanmar in October 2025 in a crackdown on scam centres.[12] Radio Free Asia received no response from SpaceX about the effect on civilians.[13] The township Junta forces are trying to control the road from Monywa through Yagyi to Kalewa.[14] On 21 October they bombed two other villages in Kani Township, killing two civilians.[15] Tens of thousands of the township's residents are displaced.[16] The same two days The school was one strike among several. An airstrike on a shelter for displaced people in Wetlet injured three civilians on the same day.[17] The day before, an airstrike on Mazaw village killed three civilians, including a child and a disabled person.[18] Junta troops burned hundreds of homes in Salingyi Township.[19] The longer count More than 200 civilians were killed in junta airstrikes during October.[20] From February 2021 to June 2026, the junta carried out 12,896 attacks on civilian areas.[21] They killed 5,846 civilians.[22]
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  1. The airstrike hit a school and homes in Nyaung Pin Lay Village. · globalarakannetwork.com
  2. Myanmar junta used three gyrocopters for the airstrike. · globalarakannetwork.com
  3. 11 people including four children were killed in a Myanmar military bombing at Nyaung Pin Lay village. · rfa.org
  4. Eleven people including teachers and children were killed in a military junta airstrike on a school in Kani Township on 2026-11-07. · moemaka.net
  5. Eight civilians were killed and seven injured in the airstrike. · globalarakannetwork.com
  6. No military activities were present in the village during the bombing. · globalarakannetwork.com
  7. The school building was damaged in the bombing. · globalarakannetwork.com
  8. Lack of Starlink internet stopped timely bombing warning delivery for the Nyaung Pin Lay attack. · rfa.org
  9. Myanmar military government cut internet and phone lines in over 40 percent of national townships. · rfa.org
  10. 581 Myanmar military airstrikes killed at least 353 civilians from July to September 2026. · rfa.org
  11. 562 of those 581 airstrikes occurred in areas with cut internet service. · rfa.org
  12. SpaceX disabled over 2500 Starlink kits in Myanmar in October 2025 for scam crackdown. · rfa.org
  13. RFA received no response from SpaceX about civilian impacts at publication time. · rfa.org
  14. Junta forces are attempting to control the Monywa-Yagyi-Kalewa Road. · globalarakannetwork.com
  15. On 2026-10-21, junta bombed two Kani Township villages killing two civilians. · globalarakannetwork.com
  16. Tens of thousands of Kani Township residents are displaced persons. · globalarakannetwork.com
  17. Three civilians were injured in an airstrike on a displaced persons shelter in Wetlet on 2026-11-07. · moemaka.net
  18. Three civilians including a child and a disabled person were killed in an airstrike on Mazaw Village on 2026-11-06. · moemaka.net
  19. Military junta troops burned hundreds of homes in Salingyi Township on 2026-11-06. · moemaka.net
  20. Over 200 civilians were killed in junta airstrikes during October 2026. · moemaka.net
  21. From Feb 2021 to June 2026, junta carried out 12896 attacks on civilian areas. · globalarakannetwork.com
  22. These 2021-2026 attacks killed 5846 civilians. · globalarakannetwork.com
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