Article 6RA7Z Myanmar military kills dozens in heaviest airstrikes since 2021 coup

Myanmar military kills dozens in heaviest airstrikes since 2021 coup

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Aung Naing Soe
from World news | The Guardian on (#6RA7Z)

Ten children reportedly among those killed during intense aerial campaigns last month

Myanmar's military has launched some of its heaviest aerial campaigns since the 2021 coup in recent months, killing at least 26 people in a series of attacks in early September.

The military, which has repeatedly been accused of indiscriminate aerial bombardments, launched at least seven airstrikes in four days between 3 and 6 September. According to Unicef, 10 children were among those killed. A pregnant woman also lost her unborn child.

A camp for internally displaced people (IDP) in Pekhon township, southern Shan state, was one of the seven locations targeted. Daw Ohn Mar Khaing, a volunteer teacher at the camp, known as Bangkok", told the Guardian it was struck despite there being no fighting in the township, or opposition fighters nearby.

We only have helpless women and children, who were displaced from the war in their villages," she said.

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