Statement regarding the recent airstrike targeting schools

1. On May 12, 2025, at 10:00 AM, an aerial bombing attack was carried out by the terrorist SAC military on the school in Oe Htein Twin Village, Dipeyin Township, Sagaing Region. According to preliminary reports, two female teachers and twenty children were killed instantly, and over forty individuals were severely injured.
2. All individuals implicated in the commanding, execution, or collusion of deliberate air strikes against innocent children, students, and educators shall be subject to stringent judicial repercussions. No avenue for impunity shall be permitted. Every responsible party will be pursued without respite, unequivocally identified, held accountable and subjected to stringent punitive measures under the full force of the law. This mandate of justice shall persist indefinitely, without attenuation or absolution, ceaselessly until the end of the world.
3. We call on the international community to impose effective sanctions against the military junta and support the creation of safe educational environments where children can learn without fear.
4. We, the Ministry of Education, vow to seek justice and to continue fighting, side by side with the people of Myanmar, until the downfall of the military dictatorship and the full restoration of federal democratic union.

Ministry of Education

National Unity Government

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