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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Min Ye Kyaw and Rebecca Ratcliffe

Airstrikes by Burmese military kill dozens at anti-junta event

An anti-coup protest in Sagaing, Myanmar, in September 2022
An anti-coup protest in Sagaing, Myanmar, last year. Sagaing, where the attack on Tuesday happened, is one of the frontlines in the battle against the junta. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

Myanmar’s military has killed dozens of people in airstrikes on an event organised by its domestic opponents, in what is feared to be one of the deadliest attacks since the junta seized power more than two years ago.

Local independent media reported that the attack on Tuesday morning targeted a ceremony marking the opening of an office set up by the military’s opponents in the village of Pa Zi Gyi, in Sagaing region.

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