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29 People Killed in Burmese Military Attack on Refugee Camp in Kachin State

HeadlineOct 11, 2023

In Burma, at least 29 people, including children, were killed in a military raid Monday night on a refugee camp in northern Kachin state, near the border with China. The camp is home to people displaced by violence and was located just a few miles away from the headquarters of the Kachin Independence Army, which has been in a decadeslong conflict with the Burmese army. This is one of the deadliest assaults on civilians since the military seized power in the February 2021 coup. The National Unity Government, which was established by democratically elected Burmese politicians ousted during the coup, condemned the attack as a war crime. A spokesperson for the military junta has denied responsibility, though a recent U.N. human rights report found a “seemingly endless spiral of military violence” in Burma.

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