Junta Airstrike on Monastery Kills at Least 13, Sagaing, Myanmar

At approximately 0700 EST on June 8th, 2024, initial reports indicated that seven were killed and more were injured after a junta airstrike on a monastery in Tha Pyay Thar Village, Sagaing Region. By 0700 EST today, that death toll had risen to 13 killed and 40 injured. Of the dead, three have been reported as monks, one as a disabled parishioner, and one as the abbot of the monastery.