Investigators say Myanmar’s military has escalated airstrikes against civilians
BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar ’s military has increasingly used low-cost aircraft such as motorized paragliders and gyrocopters in escalating aerial attacks that kill civilians in its conflict with armed, anti-government groups, a U.N. investigation said in a report Tuesday. Separately, a major ethnic armed…
Myanmar's military is escalating its airstrikes against civilians, according to a U.N. investigation. The report by the independent mechanism details a year-long investigation into alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the military and affiliated militias, as well as the opposition armed groups. The investigation found that abuses have escalated around the country's army-organized elections in December and January, with the military increasingly using low-cost aircraft such as motorized paragliders and gyrocopters in aerial attacks.
The report also documented a pattern of deliberate arbitrary detention, torture, and sexual violence, with civilian casualties worsened by the military's use of "double-tap" aerial attacks.
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