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Myanmar junta accuses rebels of 'malicious' election attacks

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December 31, 2025

Myanmar's junta on Dec 30 accused rebels of "malicious and brutal" attacks on the day and eve of a military-run election, wounding at least five civilians with drones, rockets and bombs.

The armed forces snatched power in a 2021 coup that triggered civil war, but on Dec 28 opened voting in a phased, month-long election that they pledged would return power to the people.

Campaigners, Western diplomats and the United Nations' rights chief condemned the vote, citing a crackdown on dissent and a candidate list stacked with military allies likely to prolong the armed forces' rule.

Pro-democracy guerrillas and ethnic minority armies opposing the military have pledged to block the elections from the patchwork territories they have carved out in the war.

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