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Myanmar Junta Denies Killing Civilians in Hospital Strike
The Myanmar military claims the air strike targeted terrorists despite reports of 33 killed and 76 wounded, while the UN calls for a war crimes investigation.
- Late Wednesday, a military jet bombed the general hospital of Mrauk-U in western Rakhine state, leaving more than 30 people dead, a separatist force reported.
- The ruling junta said it carried out a Counter-Terrorism Operation targeting buildings used as bases by the Arakan Army and People's Defence Forces, according to Global New Light of Myanmar.
- WHO reported severe damage to hospital infrastructure, saying health workers and patients were killed and coffins were prepared at a cemetery.
- On Thursday, the United Nations demanded an investigation, saying the attack could constitute a war crime, while Myanmar's military junta denied on Saturday that it killed civilians in the hospital strike.
- Since seizing power, the junta has increased air strikes, placing the attack within a wider post-coup campaign and Rakhine's separatist conflict where the Arakan Army controls much territory and the People's Defence Forces rose up years ago.
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In the raid on 10 December, at least 33 people died, more than 80 injured. Among the victims there are patients, doctors and even newborn children. For the United Nations and international groups it is impossible to vote in a context of increasing tensions and hostility. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis also takes on ever greater dimensions.
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Myanmar junta denies killing civilians in hospital strike
Myanmar's military junta denied on Saturday killing civilians in a hospital air strike that left more than 30 people dead.
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The attack carried out by the junta in Rakhine State left at least 33 people dead and 70 wounded. Regeneration, 12 […] The entry Deadly junta airstrike against hospital in Myanmar was first published on RegeneraciónMX.
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