Pazigyi

Pazigyi ပဇီကြီး
Village
Pazigyi Location in Myanmar (Burma)
Coordinates: 23°00′16″N 95°55′15″E
Country	Myanmar
Region	Sagaing Region
District	Kanbalu District
Township	Kanbalu Township
Village tract	Pazigyi village tract
Time zone	UTC+6.30 (MMT)

Pazigyi (Burmese: ပဇီကြီး) is a village and village tract in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.[1][2]

Massacre

Main article: Pazigyi massacre

On 11 April 2023, the Myanmar Air Force launched an airstrike at the opening ceremony of the People's Administration Office in Pazigyi village, killing at least 170 villagers.[3][4] In the attack, a fighter jet dropped bombs on a gathering of protesters against Myanmar's military junta.[5] Afterwards, a helicopter, possibly an Mi-35, fired indiscriminately on civilians.[6]

References

1. "Place codes (Pcodes)". Myanmar Information Management Unit. January 2021. Archived from the original on 21 November 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
2. Information of Sagaing Township စစ်ကိုင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ [Sagaing Township Regional Information] (PDF) (Report). Myanmar Information Management Unit. February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
3. "ပဇီကြီးရွာ လေကြောင်းတိုက်ခိုက်မှု ၅၃ ဦးသေဆုံးကြောင်း NUG ကနဦးထုတ်ပြန်" [NUG initially announced that 53 people were killed in the Pazigyi village airstrike]. Radio Free Asia (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
4. Paddock, Richard C. (11 April 2023). "Airstrike in Rebel-Held Region of Myanmar Kills at Least 100". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
5. Peck, Grant (11 April 2023). "Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100". AP NEWS. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
6. "Deadly airstrike on Pazigyi village in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, claims over 50 lives". www.narinjara.com. Archived from the original on 11 April 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2023.