Let Yet Kone () is a village in
Ye-U District,
Sagaing Region
Sagaing Region (, ; formerly Sagaing Division) is an administrative divisions of Myanmar, administrative region of Myanmar, located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east. It is border ...
of
Myanmar
Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. Let Yet Kone has about 3,000 villagers living in 400 houses. Most villagers in Let Yet Kone are rice or peanut farmers.
Massacre
On 16 September 2022,
Myanmar Air Force
The Myanmar Air Force (, ) is the aerial branch of the Tatmadaw, the armed forces of Myanmar. The primary mission of the Myanmar Air Force (MAF) since its inception has been to provide transport, logistical, and close air support to the Myanm ...
's two helicopters fired machine guns and heavier weapons at a
monastic school
Monastic schools () were, along with cathedral schools, the most important institutions of higher learning in the Latin West#Use with regard to Christianity, Latin West from the early Middle Ages until the 12th century. Since Cassiodorus's educatio ...
in Let Yet Kone, killing 7 children and injuring 17 others.
In addition, the ground column attacked the village after the air attack.
After the attack, about 30 children were wounded and 20 children and three teachers were taken way by soldiers.
References
Populated places in Sagaing Region
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