US EditionMyanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields
The military said the attack was a counterterrorism operation amid protests against the planned election and political prisoner detentions, with about two dozen dead, witnesses said.
- On Thursday, Myanmar's military government acknowledged attacking a religious festival on the school grounds in Sagaing region, with witnesses reporting about two dozen people killed, including children.
- The military's information office accused resistance forces of forcing the public into the Monday protest and using civilians as human shields, while attendees said people joined the traditional oil lamp prayer ceremony freely, which also protested the planned December election.
- Witnesses told the AP motorized paragliders flew two sorties, each dropping two bombs on Bon To village's primary school compound about 90 kilometers west of Mandalay.
- On Wednesday, a U.N. spokesperson declared `indiscriminate use of airborne munitions is unacceptable`, while Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan met Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing on Thursday to discuss elections, aid and peace.
- The Sagaing region has been a stronghold of armed resistance since the army seized the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, and pro-democracy protests remain common in Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway.
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Myanmar rulers say they were behind festival bombing that left 24 dead
Myanmar’s military government yesterday acknowledged attacking a religious festival held on the grounds of a school in central Myanmar on Monday night. Witnesses said about two dozen people, including children, were killed when improvised bombs were dropped by motorised paragliders.
The Myanmar military has acknowledged carrying out an airstrike on a Buddhist festival near a school. At least 32 people, including several children, were killed in the attack. The attack was reportedly carried out with bombs dropped by paragliders. The military blamed armed resistance groups for the deaths, alleging they were "using civilians as human shields in their anti-government campaigns." Both the junta and the resistance reported that n…
Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival; accuses resistance forces of using human shields
Myanmar’s military government on Thursday acknowledged attacking a religious festival held on the grounds of a school in central Myanmar, which witnesses said killed about two dozen people, including children, when improvised bombs were dropped by motorized paragliders. A statement issued by the military’s information office blamed resistance forces opposed…
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Myanmar's military acknowledges attacking festival, accuses resistance forces of using human shields
Myanmar’s military government has acknowledged that it attacked a Buddhist festival held on the grounds of a school earlier this week.
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