Save the Children says two workers killed in Myanmar massacre tied to junta


In this photo provided by the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force, smokes and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar, on Dec. 24, 2021. - AP

YANGON (AFP): Save the Children confirmed on Tuesday (Dec 28) that two of its staff were killed in a Christmas Eve massacre of more than 30 people in Myanmar blamed on junta troops, leading the United States to press for an arms embargo.

Anti-junta fighters said they found over 30 burnt bodies, including women and children, on a highway in eastern Kayah state where pro-democracy rebels have been fighting the military.

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