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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Grant Peck

Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas

Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A top election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial capital, in the latest attack attributed to militants opposed to military rule.

Sai Kyaw Thu, deputy director-general of the military-appointed Union Election Commission, was shot multiple times on Saturday, according to the military’s information office, media reports and a statement of responsibility from an urban guerrilla group.

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