Myanmar: at least 29 people killed in attack on camp for displaced people

A town in Kachin state, Myanmar. At least 29 people are reported to have died in an attack made by heavy artillery. Photograph: Khin Maung Win/AP

At least 29 people, including young children, have been killed in an attack on a camp for displaced people in Myanmar’s Kachin state, according to media reports and two local activists.

Dozens more people were injured in the attack, which happened at about 11.30pm on Monday night in Kachin, Myanmar’s northernmost state, it was reported. Unverified images on social media, showed men carrying victims, including a small child, from the rubble in the darkness.