Airstrikes by Burmese military kill dozens at anti-junta event


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Myanmar’s military has killed dozens of people in airstrikes on an event organised by its domestic opponents, in what is feared to be one of the deadliest attacks since the junta seized power more than two years ago. Local independent media reported that the attack on Tuesday morning targeted a ceremony marking the opening of an office set up by the military’s opponents in the village of Pa Zi Gyi, in Sagaing region. The National Unity Government, which was set up to oppose the junta, said at least 53 people were confirmed dead, 40 were injured, and that the death...