Myanmar's military says it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week, and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the 'terrorists'.
abc.net.au/news/myanmar-military-justifies-deadly-attack-on-insurgent-ceremony/102215670Myanmar's military has said it carried out a deadly attack on a village gathering organised by its insurgent opponents this week and if civilians were also killed it was because they were being forced to help the "terrorists".
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the air attack in Sagaing and called for those responsible to be held accountable, his spokesperson said, adding that Mr Guterres "reiterates his call for the military to end the campaign of violence against the Myanmar population throughout the country".
"According to our ground information we hit the place of their weapons' storage and that exploded and people died due to that."
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