About 3,000 people flee to Thailand after Myanmar army's air strikes on villages - activist group, media


A general view shows Champhai town in India's northeastern state of Mizoram near the India-Myanmar border on March 12, 2021. - Reuters

March 28 (Reuters): About 3,000 villagers from Myanmar’s southeastern Karen state fled to Thailand on Sunday following air attacks by the army on an area held by an ethnic armed group, an activist group and local media said.

Myanmar’s military launched air strikes on five areas in Mutraw district, near the border, including a displacement camp, the Karen Women’s Organization said.

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