နိုင်နိုင် Books and desks are essential for students and are the first things they use to start their lives.
Books are invaluable things that students learn and study, and they are written them on their desks with white and green school uniforms.
A night of such priceless books and desks has already happened in Rakhine State. Students at the Pyinnyar Pann Khin Private High School and the Amyin Thit Private High School in Thayet Tapin Village, Kyauktaw Township, while pursuing their life goals, lost their lives without even reaching their desired future.
That day was at 1:05 am on September 12, when students were taking a break from their daily classes and sleeping.
It is a time when they have done all their homework for the day until after 11pm, waiting for tomorrow to come and go, and then they fall asleep.
But the students did not get the chance to wake up tomorrow and lost their lives because of the brutality of the military junta that is committing war crimes all over the country.
The students who lost their lives were only 16, 17, and 18 years old, young people who could become good leaders for the country in the future.
The loss of this future generation of young people is a loss for the country and a great loss for Rakhine State.
On that day, while people were sleeping, a jet fighter from the Nay Pyi Taw Air Force of the military junta flew to the west of Myanmar and unexpectedly dropped two 500-pound bombs on Thayet Tapin village in Kyauktaw Township.
There was no battle in Thayet Tapin village in Kyauktaw Township , so it was not a military base, but a large village where civilians only lived.
A 500-pound bomb dropped by the military junta exploded at the Pyinnyar Pann Khin Private School in Thayet Tapin village, where students were sleeping, and a few minutes later, another bomb exploded at Amyin Thit Private High School, where students were sleeping.
Although some students heard the sound of the military junta’s aircraft, they were unable to avoid the bombs that were aimed directly at them and lost their lives within seconds.
According to a teacher at the Pyinnyar Pann Khin Private High School, the cries of some of the injured students, “Help me, help me,” were heard in the darkness after the bombing.
During the bombing, 18 students from Pyinnyar Pann Khin and Amyin Thit Private High Schools died on the spot. More than 20 others were injured, waiting for rescuers with painful wounds.
By the time the morning dawned, two private high schools were completely destroyed, and several nearby homes were also severely damaged.
Bloody jars were scattered all over the school grounds, and the shelves were strewn with blood.
Students’ desks were also broken and scattered, and their belongings and lunch boxes were scattered everywhere.
Soon after seeing all this, the family members of the students who were left behind began to cry.
In these uncertain times, the parents who had to work hard to make their sons and daughters educated and despite not having the money to do so, and who had to enroll them in boarding schools, said that it was very difficult to control their distress during this time.
Among the dead students, there were many who lost their limbs, as well as many who died after being hit in the head, legs, arms, and abdomen.
The AA, as of the evening of December 13, reported that 18 school boys and 2 school girls had died, bringing the total number of students killed to 20. All of those killed in the military junta bombing were students, aged 16, 17, and 18, studying in Grade 10, Grade 11, and Grade 12. The injured were also students, with a total of more than 22 seriously injured.
The AA released photos, names, ages, grades, and addresses of the 20 dead, including (2) from Pauktaw Palaung Village, Kyauktaw Township, (2) from Thayet Tapin Ywa Thit Village, (3) from upper Yun Chaung Village, (1) from Nyaung Chaung Village, (5) from Min Thar Taung Village, (1) from Leik Ma Village, (1) from Kyar Nyo Pyin Village, (1) from Sapho Thar Village, (1) from Zaydi Taung Ywa Thit Village, Mrauk U Township, (1) from Kyi Ya Pyin Village, (1) from Manaw Thiri Village Pauk Taw Township, and (1) from Hsata Village, Maung Taw Township. The injured were mostly from Kyauktaw Township, Oke Kyunt, Ywa Ma Pyin, Thayet Tapin, Mun Thar Taung and Leik Ma villages, while (1) from Ko Yin Pyin Village in Myebon Township,and (1) from Shwe Pyi Thar Ward Sittwe Township, for a total of (22) injuries.
The Rakhine residents said that the military junta’s deliberate firing on students and their places of residence, not military targets, is not only threatening students and their families, but is also committing war crimes with intent.
The bodies of some of the deceased students were taken to their villages for burial by their respective parents, and the burial was took place in Thayet Tapin village on September 12.
The injured have been taken to nearby hospitals and clinics by relevant groups, and some of them are still seriously injured.
No statement of condolences has been found from relevant international organizations regarding the mass killing of students and teachers by the military junta in Rakhine, except for a statement of special concern from the United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
The deaths of the current students have been reported in some international news outlets, and Rakhine youth have begun an online campaign to portray the terrorist leader Min Aung Hlaing as a perpetrator of terrorist genocide, to inform students in Myanmar and other countries around the world.
The AA also said that international organizations should not stand idly by and take effective action against the terrorist military junta’s actions.
The AA said that it will send information about the terrorist acts and war crimes committed by the military junta to relevant international organizations and that it will take strong action against the perpetrators, those who ordered them to commit them, and those involved in them.
The military junta is now carrying out ground offensives, airstrikes and drone strikes across the country under the pretext of holding elections.
The military junta is increasingly committing war crimes by targeting civilian areas, hospitals, schools and public gatherings that are not military targets.
In particular, the military junta is increasingly targeting areas controlled by the revolutionary forces and conducting airstrikes.
Along with the students and people in Rakhine, the military junta bombed a school in Oehteinkwin village, Depeyin township, Sagaing region, at around 9 am on May 12, killing 22 people, including students, teachers and others.
The military junta’s deliberate airstrikes on innocent students who are studying without leaving their books behind are a clear sign of the Rakhine state’s Locals said that it is necessary to be vigilant as the attacks could spread not only to Rakhine Sagaing Region but also to other places.
Now, their blood has been splattered on the books and desks in the students’ classrooms, and the violent actions of some military dictators have shown that the students’ classrooms are insecure.
In an unstable situation, the dreams of students who sought education amidst the shortcomings of their parents were also ended in a moment of fear by a military junta group.
