At least 34 people have been killed and scores injured in an airstrike by the Myanmar military on a hospital.

At least 34 people have been killed in an airstrike by the Myanmar military on a hospital. A large number of people have also been injured. The military attacked a hospital in the Mrauk township in Rakhine state. Hospital staff said the patient load was high at the time of the attack. Mrauk is controlled by the Arakan Army, an ethnic rebel group that the national army considers an enemy. Thousands have died in clashes between the military and the rebels. Tens of thousands have fled the fighting. Myanmar has been in the grip of a civil war since the military seized power in 2021. The military has been intensifying airstrikes in recent months to retake territory from ethnic militias. The military has not commented on the matter. Khaing Thukha, a spokesman for the rebel Arakan Army, said most of the dead were hospital patients. Myanmar is holding its first round of elections on December 28, followed by the second round on January 11 and the third round on January 25.