At Least 29 Killed in Attack on Myanmar Refugee Camp
At least 29 people, including women and children, have been killed in an artillery strike on a refugee camp in northeastern Myanmar. Myanmar’s exiled government blamed the attack on the ruling junta, which has used airstrikes against opposition-held areas in the past. The junta has denied they were behind the strike.
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00:00 At least 29 people, including women and children, have been killed in an artillery strike on
00:06 a refugee camp in northeastern Myanmar.
00:09 At least 59 people are also believed to be injured.
00:12 The camp is located near the border with China and is controlled by the Kachin Independence
00:17 Army, which has been fighting for self-governance for decades.
00:21 The strike is one of the deadliest attacks on civilians in Myanmar since the military
00:25 took power in a violent coup in 2021.
00:29 The exiled National Unity Government blamed the attack on the junta, which has used airstrikes
00:34 against opposition-held areas in the past.
00:37 The junta has denied they were behind the strike.
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