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Al Jazeera Staff

Amnesty calls for war crimes probe over Myanmar military bombing of church

Debris in the St Peter Baptist Church after the attack on Kanan last month [File: David Htan via AP]

Myanmar’s military should be investigated for war crimes over an air attack last month that killed 17 villagers, including nine children, as they attended a Sunday church service, Amnesty International has said.

Amnesty said photo and video analysis, as well as interviews with witnesses, indicated the Myanmar air force had dropped bombs on three locations near the St Peter Baptist Church in Kanan village on the morning of January 7.

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