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Deadliest Airstrike in Burma Civil War Kills Up to 100

  • Myanmar's military launched airstrikes on a village, killing up to 100 people, including children, in attacks targeting opponents of the military regime.
  • The attacks came as residents gathered to celebrate the opening of an administrative office run by militia forces that oppose military rule.
  • Critics condemned the attack as a war crime and renewed calls for international action against the junta that seized power in a February 2021 coup.
  • The death toll from the attack could be the highest in more than two years of civil conflict in Myanmar.
  • Resistance fighters have struggled to defend themselves against the military's air power, prompting calls to cut off the junta's supply of aviation fuel.
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