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Airstrikes on Concert in Northern Myanmar Kill 80, Reports Say
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The terrifying attack in Kachin State came as a group of local civil society groups called on ASEAN to junk the bloc’s “ineffectual” five-point peace plan.
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Ethnic Kachin rebels say air strikes by Myanmar’s military have killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the minority group’s main political organization.
The number of casualties appeared to be the most in a single air attack since the military seized power last year from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.
The jet strike in the northern state of Kachin, which the military has yet to confirm, killed civilians, local singers and officers of Kachin Independence Army, media report, citing witnesses who said three planes carried out attack
Air strikes by Myanmar's military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority's main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday.
The terrifying attack in Kachin State came as a group of local civil society groups called on ASEAN to junk the bloc’s “ineffectual” five-point peace plan.
By Sandi Sidhu, Jessie Yeung, Eyad Kourdi and Salai TZ, CNN Dozens of people have reportedly been killed in military airstrikes at a celebratory event in Myanmar‘s mountainous Kachin state on Sunday, drawing international condemnation of the junta that seized power in the country more than a year an…
BANGKOK -- Airstrikes by Burma's military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the Kachin ethnic minority's main political organization, members of the group and a rescue worker said Monday.
By Eyad Kourdi, Sandi Sidhu and Jessie Yeung, CNN Dozens of people have been killed in military airstrikes that hit a celebratory event in Myanmar‘s mountainous Kachin state on Sunday, according to local news outlets and international organizations.
The ruling military junta of Myanmar (Burma) carried out an airstrike in the country’s northern Kachin State over the weekend, killing at least eighty people.
