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After rebels battling to overthrow military law attacked a local military station, people of anti-junta military groups told Radio Free Asia on Monday that Myanmar junta forces killed 17 people in an attack on a convent where people were fending off fighting.  ,
A priest and 16 different people, including three members of the same family, were killed when the regime’s air army launched the attack on Saturday evening on a convent in Nant Thar town in the northern region of Sagaing, according to the report.
Region has experienced unparalleled levels of violence since a 2021 military coup that pro-democracy activists organized People’s Defence Forces to challenge the defense.
Junta causes have been accused of , razing settlements,  , carrying out , large shootings , and , bombing villages , randomly as they hunt for people of the Women’s Defence Forces.
According to activists, the airstrike in Indaw township came after an attack on a junta camp was carried out by an alliance of fighters, which included members of the Indaw People’s Defense Force, the Kachin Independence Army, the All Burma Students ‘ Democratic Front, and other organizations.
According to an official from the anti-junta Indaw Revolution group, who declined to be identified for security reasons, Nant Thar has two monasteries, one of which are under the control of rebel forces and the other of which are occupied by junta forces.
When fighting broke out, the junta troops called people to the monastery and had them locked up, and the jet then bombed the monastery at midnight while they were being held captive, according to the group official.  ,
” They must have wanted to bomb the monastery on the mountain”, he said, referring to the monastery controlled by anti- junta forces. They “fell the bombs by accident” on their own monastery.
The military has not released any information about the incident and calls to Sagaing region’s junta spokesperson, Nyunt Win Aung, for more information went unanswered.
Junta troops have cut communication links to the village, a , frequent tactic , after big attacks.  ,
More than 10 people, including children, were wounded, the Indaw Revolution official said, adding that some were in critical condition.
The dead were cremated on Monday, he said.
The village has been largely deserted since April of last year, when anti-junta forces have repeatedly attacked the military camp in Nant Thar, which is located on a major road, according to residents. But junta troops had prevented remaining residents from leaving, including those killed on Saturday, they said.
