Myanmar junta killed 165 children in 2022, exiled opposition government claims

Child deaths mark 78 per cent increase since 2021 and are lower than UN’s June estimation

Myanmar’s military has killed 165 children from gunfire artillery, airstrikes, drone attacks and land mines, according to statistics by the country’s exiled opposition National Unity Government (NUG).

The deaths of children marked a 78 per cent increase from last year as the military-run government intensified bombings and airstrikes that targeted schools operating in NUG-controlled areas, said NUG’s Ministry of Women, Youths and Children Affairs.

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is in the throes of a bloody conflict after the military abruptly took power in a coup in 2021 and ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in February 2021.