The EU denounces the death of at least ten children in Burma after the Army attack on a school

Sep. 20 () –

The European Union has acknowledged being “dismayed” by reports of the death of at least ten children in Burma after a bombing was recorded on a school in the Sagaing region in the north of the country on Monday.

Local sources have already pointed out that the military junta that has governed Burma since February 2021 would have been behind the attack. Now, the European Union has released a statement in which it accuses “Army helicopters”.

“Undertaking such military action on a civilian target is contrary to humanitarian law and must be thoroughly investigated. There must be responsibility for this crime,” said the European External Action Service.

Likewise, from the European Union they have stressed that neither children nor schools should be targeted in a war, while recalling that since the military came to power in Burma, more than 380 children have been killed or mutilated.

The European Union has thus echoed the data provided by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Asian country, which indicates that the vast majority of these deaths and injuries would have the Burmese Army as the main responsible.

Finally, the diplomatic department of the EU has called for “the immediate cessation of all attacks on schools”, as well as their use for “military purposes”. “Every school must be a protected space for children and students to learn and reach their potential, even during conflict,” he concluded.

According to sources consulted by the newspaper ‘The Irrawaddy’, critical of the military junta that governs the country, two regime helicopters attacked a religious education center in the town of Tabayin on Saturday.

The soldiers burned the bodies and took them more than ten kilometers away, supposedly to hide the evidence. According to ‘The Irrawaddy’, the authorities justified the bombing of the school by arguing that armed militiamen were hiding inside.

The junta maintains a fierce repression of dissent in Burma and, since the coup, is considered responsible for some 2,300 deaths, according to the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP).