A resistance group and independent online media in Myanmar say airstrikes by the military on a trading junction in the central Magway region killed more than two dozen people and wounded 20 others.

Dictators do not rule alone. From politicians and academics to business cronies and monks, the Myanmar regime’s survival depends on a network of willing accomplices.

Locals say gangs displaced from KK Park are rebuilding in fortified sites under the junta-aligned militia’s control, with villagers warned to keep silent or face death.