At least 53 dead as Myanmar junta accused of air attack on civilian event

Demonstrators hold up signs protesting Myanmar’s military coup in March 2021. On Tuesday, officials with the opposition government said the military junta killed at least 53 people in airstrikes on a newly opened government office. File Photo by Stringer/EPA-EFE April 11 (UPI) — Opposition officials in Myanmar on Tuesday said the military junta conducted airstrikes on a civilian gathering in what is being considered one of the deadliest attacks on civilians since the military took over the country. Acting President Duwa Lashi La of the National Unity Government — the shadow opposition government to Myanmar’s ruling military junta — said…