Myanmar cell towers attacked after shadow government 'war' call


Protesters said they targeted 11 mobile phone masts belonging to the military-owned Mytel. - Reuters

YANGON (AFP): Protesters have destroyed around a dozen military-owned communications towers in Myanmar, witnesses and reports said Wednesday (Sept 8), after the country's self-proclaimed shadow government issued a call for a "defensive war" against the junta.

The country has been in chaos since the military seized power in February, sparking mass pro-democracy rallies followed by a deadly crackdown and renewed fighting with ethnic rebel militias in border areas.

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