The Myanmar air force has bombed a fishing village in Rakhine state killing 41 civilians and wounding 52, most of them Rohingya Muslims, residents involved in rescue work said on Thursday, in an attack insurgents condemned as a war crime.

An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group has killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a local charity say.

An airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military on Wednesday targeted Kyauk Ni Maw village, located on Ramree Island in western Rakhine state, resulting in the deaths of approximately 40 people and injuries to at least 20 others,