A night strike to pay respect to those who died in the 11 April junta airstrike on Pazigyi Village was held in a Kanni Township village in Sagaing Region, on the evening of 15 April.

One of the strike’s leaders, Pyae Aung Naing, told Mizzima that the protesters sang anti-military songs, shouted slogans, prayed for the victims, lit candles for them and released hot air balloons to help give the dead a better existence in their next lives. Protest leaders also gave anti-junta speeches.

The name of the village has been withheld for security reasons

According to a National Unity Government (NUG) 16 April press release, 168 villagers, including children, were killed in a junta airstrike on Pazigyi Village in Sagaing Region’s Kantabalu Township on 11 April. Since that statement estimates of the number of dead have risen to 170 or 171 people.