Large unguided bomb likely used in deadly Myanmar strike: Amnesty


People look through debris in the aftermath of a military strike on a camp for displaced people near the northern Myanmar town of Laiza on Oct 11, 2023. - AFP

BANGKOK (AFP): Myanmar's military used a large unguided aerial-delivered bomb in a deadly attack on a camp housing displaced people in the country's north, Amnesty International said Friday (Oct 13).

The ruling junta has been accused of carrying out multiple bloody attacks on civilians as it struggles to crush resistance to its 2021 coup.

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