Militärischer Luftangriff auf Teeladen in Myanmar tötet 18 Menschen beim Ansehen eines Fußballspiels im Fernsehen

SS: Myanmar’s junta unleashed a deadly airstrike on a Sagaing tea shop on Dec 5, 2025—killing 18 civilians, including a child and teachers, as they watched a football match—escalating aerial terror against pro-democracy strongholds just weeks before sham Dec 28 elections amid the 2021 coup’s fallout. With resistance forces defenseless against jets reclaiming territory, this atrocity (part of a surge in civilian-targeted bombings) spotlights the military’s bid to crush ethnic militias and PDF insurgents, fueling refugee crises and ASEAN paralysis. As Beijing props up the regime for Belt and Road access and Washington imposes sanctions, does this pre-poll bloodletting lock in junta dominance or galvanize international isolation, risking spillover instability in a Southeast Asia where democratic backsliding meets great-power proxy plays?