Junta air strikes on a school in Demoso/Photo:Jobs For Kayah
Mizzima
UNICEF announced in a statement on 7 February that it condemns Myanmar junta air strikes in Karenni or Kayah State. The attacks on two schools took place on Monday and killed four school children and two teachers.
The children who died were aged between 12 and 14. Many more were injured. More than 100 children were in school at the time of the strikes.
UNICEF strongly condemns any strikes against schools and places of learning, which must always be safe spaces for children.
Attacks against schools are a grave violation of children’s rights and can constitute a violation of international humanitarian law.
