Myanmar airstrike on displaced persons camp kills 12
PONNAGYUN: A Myanmar military airstrike on a camp housing people displaced by the civil war killed 12 people in the westernmost state of Rakhine, witnesses and a rescue worker said on Saturday.
A military airstrike on a displaced persons camp in Myanmar's Rakhine state killed 12 people on Friday, according to witnesses and a rescue worker. The attack struck the Byar La IDP camp in Ponnagyun township, northeast of the state capital Sittwe. Chit Su Wai, a 27-year-old shopkeeper, described how her daughter, aunt, and mother were killed in the blast, with their bodies scattered in pain.
She expressed that it had broken her family, as there were no others except her family present. The camp, which had been occupied for four years, was not considered a combat area and was believed to be safe. The Myanmar military has been embroiled in a civil war since a coup five years ago, prompting resistance from democracy activists and ethnic minority groups.
The western coastal state of Rakhine, controlled by the ethnic minority Arakan Army, has been under blockade and subjected to regular airstrikes.
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