Airstrikes, internet cuts reported

The military launched airstrikes at the weekend after clashes with fighters opposed to the junta in the Sagaing region, according to media and a militia member, as phone lines and the internet were also severed in some districts.

The South-East Asian country has been in crisis since the army seized power on Feb 1, ending a decade of tentative steps towards democracy and triggering outrage at home and abroad and the setting up of People’s Defence Forces (PDFs) to take on the military.