Let Yet Kone
{{Short description|Village in Sagaing Region, Myanmar}}
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|subdivision_name2 = Ye-U District
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|subdivision_name3 = Tabayin Township
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Let Yet Kone ({{langx|my|လက်ယက်ကုန်း}}) is a village in Ye-U District, Sagaing Region of Myanmar.{{cite web|url=http://themimu.info/place-codes|title=Place codes (Pcodes)|work=Myanmar Information Management Unit|date=June 2020}} Let Yet Kone has about 3,000 villagers living in 400 houses.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-09-21 |title=Myanmar School Massacre: ‘The Lives of Our Children Have Been Sacrificed’ (Published Sept. 2022) |url=https://www.irrawaddy.com/news/burma/myanmar-school-massacre-the-lives-of-our-children-have-been-sacrificed.html |access-date=2023-03-02 |website=The Irrawaddy |language=en-US}} Most villagers in Let Yet Kone are rice or peanut farmers.{{Cite news |date=2023-01-31 |title=Myanmar: Air strikes have become a deadly new tactic in the civil war |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-64397397 |access-date=2023-03-02}}
Massacre
{{Main|Let Yet Kone massacre}}
On 16 September 2022, Myanmar Air Force's two helicopters fired machine guns and heavier weapons at a monastic school in Let Yet Kone, killing 7 children and injuring 17 others.{{cite web |title=Myanmar’s junta denies deadliest attack on school after 13 found dead |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/myanmar-junta-deadliest-school-attack-b2172026.html |website=The Independent |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en |date=21 September 2022}}{{cite web |title=School attack in Let Yet Kone village may be considered a war crime with commanders criminally liable – Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar - Myanmar {{!}} ReliefWeb |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/myanmar/school-attack-let-yet-kone-village-may-be-considered-war-crime-commanders-criminally-liable-independent-investigative-mechanism-myanmar |website=reliefweb.int |access-date=17 February 2023 |language=en}} In addition, the ground column attacked the village after the air attack.{{cite web |title=ဒီပဲယင်းက ကလေး ၉ဦး ကို စစ်တပ်က ရေဦး၌သင်္ဂြိုဟ်ကာ အလောင်းဖျောက် |url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/news/2022/09/18/254613.html |website=Irrawaddy |access-date=18 September 2022 |date=18 September 2022|language=my}} After the attack, about 30 children were wounded and 20 children and three teachers were taken way by soldiers.