"We were saying prayers when the shaking started... Three died on the spot," said one of the people who spoke to Reuters from the town of Taungnoo in Bago region.
Reuters
Fri Mar 28 2025
An injured person is stretchered out by emergency personnel near the site of a collapsed building after a strong earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, March 28, 2025. - REUTERS
BANGKOK: At least three people have died after a mosque in Myanmar partially collapsed when a strong earthquake struck the Southeast Asian nation on Friday, two eyewitnesses told Reuters.
"We were saying prayers when the shaking started... Three died on the spot," said one of the people who spoke to Reuters from the town of Taungnoo in Bago region.
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"We were saying prayers when the shaking started... Three died on the spot," said one of the people who spoke to Reuters from the town of Taungnoo in Bago region.
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