BANGKOK — An airstrike by Myanmar’s military on a village in the country’s central Sagaing region hit a school on Monday, killing as many as 20 students and two teachers, according to a member of a resistance group, an aid worker and media reports.

The morning attack on Ohe Htein Twin village in the region’s Tabayin township, also known as Depayin, also wounded dozens of students, they said.

State-run MRTV television denied the reports of the airstrike on Monday evening’s news broadcast, saying subversive media outlets were intentionally spreading fake news. More than 6,600 civilians are estimated to have been killed by security forces since then, according to figures compiled by nongovernmental organizations.

The military’s denial of the attack on state television cited an unnamed local official saying that security forces were working only to maintain peace in the area and not bombing nonmilitary targets, while terrorists were shelling and launching drone attacks at townships and villages that didn’t support them.

— The Associated Press