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Fresh brutality in Myanmar

The Myanmar army (Tatmadaw) military has launched two unprovoked attacks, using sophisticated military hardware, against its own citizens in majority Christian states.

Iain Taylor

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Myanmar army | photo: Karen National Union

The first assault, by three fighter jets on a music festival in Kachin state, killed over 80 people and injured 200. The concert was held by the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO), a prominent ethnic resistance group. Among those killed were popular musicians, artists, and church elders. The Kachin Baptist Convention said that many of the victims were Christians.