Pazigyi
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| settlement_type = Village
| official_name = Pazigyi
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| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|my|ပဇီကြီး}}}}
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Myanmar (Burma)
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flagu|Myanmar}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Sagaing Region
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = Kanbalu District
| subdivision_type3 = Township
| subdivision_name3 = Kanbalu Township
| subdivision_type4 = Village tract
| subdivision_name4 = Pazigyi village tract
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| coordinates = {{Coord|23|00|16|N|95|55|15|E|region:MM|display=inline,title}}
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| postal_code = 005001
| timezone = MMT
| utc_offset = +6.30
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Pazigyi ({{langx|my|ပဇီကြီး}}) is a village and village tract in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, Myanmar.{{cite web |url=http://themimu.info/place-codes |title=Place codes (Pcodes) |work=Myanmar Information Management Unit |date=January 2021 |access-date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=21 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121081823/https://themimu.info/place-codes |url-status=live }}{{cite report |url=https://themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Sagaing_2019_MMR.pdf |title=Information of Sagaing Township |author= |date=February 2020 |publisher=Myanmar Information Management Unit |access-date=18 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220815131315/http://www.themimu.info/sites/themimu.info/files/documents/TspProfiles_GAD_Sagaing_2019_MMR.pdf |archive-date=15 August 2022 |url-status=live |script-title=my:စစ်ကိုင်းမြို့နယ် ဒေသဆိုင်ရာအချက်လက်များ |trans-title=Sagaing Township Regional Information}}
Massacre
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On 11 April 2023, the Myanmar Air Force launched an airstrike at the opening ceremony of the People's Administration Office in Pazigyi village, killing at least 170 villagers.{{cite web |title=ပဇီကြီးရွာ လေကြောင်းတိုက်ခိုက်မှု ၅၃ ဦးသေဆုံးကြောင်း NUG ကနဦးထုတ်ပြန် |trans-title=NUG initially announced that 53 people were killed in the Pazigyi village airstrike |url=https://www.rfa.org/burmese/news/pazigyi-airstrike-nug-statement-04112023101213.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411143532/https://www.rfa.org/burmese/news/pazigyi-airstrike-nug-statement-04112023101213.html |archive-date=11 April 2023 |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=Radio Free Asia |language=my}}{{cite news |last1=Paddock |first1=Richard C. |date=11 April 2023 |title=Airstrike in Rebel-Held Region of Myanmar Kills at Least 100 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/world/asia/myanmar-airstrike.html |url-status=live |access-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411234348/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/11/world/asia/myanmar-airstrike.html |archive-date=11 April 2023 |issn=0362-4331}} In the attack, a fighter jet dropped bombs on a gathering of protesters against Myanmar's military junta.{{cite news |last1=Peck |first1=Grant |title=Airstrikes on Myanmar village feared to have killed 100 |url=https://apnews.com/article/airstrikes-military-myanmar-village-918fd636bb81153928ab7481e06423e5 |work=AP NEWS |access-date=12 April 2023 |language=en |date=11 April 2023 |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411211241/https://apnews.com/article/airstrikes-military-myanmar-village-918fd636bb81153928ab7481e06423e5 |url-status=live }} Afterwards, a helicopter, possibly an Mi-35, fired indiscriminately on civilians.{{cite web |title=Deadly airstrike on Pazigyi village in Kanbalu Township, Sagaing Region, claims over 50 lives |url=https://www.narinjara.com/news/detail/6435708ed8345a2c7843e73e |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=www.narinjara.com |language=en |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411153035/https://www.narinjara.com/news/detail/6435708ed8345a2c7843e73e |url-status=live }}
References
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Category:Populated places in Sagaing Region
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