At least 13 people, including seven children, were killed when army helicopters shot at a school in Myanmar, media reports and residents said, as the military said it opened fire because rebels were using the building to attack its forces.
Myanmar has been gripped by violence since the army overthrew an elected government early last year.
Opposition movements, some of them armed, have since emerged across the country, which the military has countered with lethal force.
According to reports by the Radio Free Asia, Mizzima and Irrawaddy news portals, army helicopters opened fire on the school housed in a Buddhist monastery in the village.
Some people were killed on the spot by the shooting, while others died after troops entered the village, the reports said.