Myanmar armed group says 11 civilians killed in junta air strikes

By AFP
September 07, 2024
This UGC photo taken and obtained from the Facebook account of Mai So Jar on September 6, 2024 shows people gathering around a destroyed building following an air strike in Namhkham township in Myanmar’s northern Shan state. — AFP

BANGKOK: Myanmar military air strikes in northern Shan state killed 11 civilians and wounded 11 more, a spokeswoman for an ethnic minority armed group battling the junta told AFP on Friday.

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The junta is battling widespread armed opposition to its 2021 coup and its soldiers are accused of bloody rampages and using air and artillery strikes to punish civilian communities.

“They bombed at two areas in Namhkam” town on Friday around 1:00 am local time (1830 GMT), Lway Yay Oo of the Ta´ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) said. The strikes killed 11 and wounded 11, she said, adding that the office of a local political party had been damaged.

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