MYANMAR MILITARY ACCUSED OF BOMBING DISPLACEMENT CAMP, 30 DEAD

Myanmar’s military was accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin late Monday that killed more than 30 people, including 13 children, a human rights group and local media said.

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The attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the northern part of Laiza, a town where the headquarters of the rebel Kachin Independence Army is based, also wounded about 60 people, a spokesperson for Kachin Human Rights Watch told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Laiza is about 324 kilometres northeast of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-biggest city.

The spokesperson, who asked to be identified only as Jacob for security reasons, said 19 adults and 13 children from the camp were killed by the airstrikes, which occurred around 11 p.m.

“We strongly condemn this inhumane killing. This action causes resentment among the Kachin people,” he said.