#Myanmar #military air strikes on #Hpakant northern #Kachin said to have killed/injured over 50 people. Victims were in an #ethnic armed group #KIO #Kachin Independence Organization music celebration. Its army #KIA has clashed with #military for 70 years #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Some prominent singers/artists said to have been killed/injured in #Myanmar #military air attacks aimed at #Hpakant, Kachin. #Kachin Independence Army has upped its clashes with military since Feb 2021 #coup. #KIA had rejected army's offer of peace talks #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Videos of aftermath of #Myanmar #military air strikes on #Hpakant #Kachin sent to me for use. Increasingly, Myanmar military has been/will be using air attacks to target #ethnic territories controlled by ethnic armed groups/civilian resistance forces #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Latest #Myanmar #military air strikes in #Kachin comes just days before @ASEAN foreign ministers to meet Thurs in special talks on Myanmar before #ASEAN leaders meet Nov. Many states say military has not complied with 5-point plan reuters.com/world/asia-pac… #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar civilian @NUGMyanmar's PM @MahnWinnKhine reacts to #military's air strikes in #Hpakant #Kachin with renewed calls for "no-fly zone". Since Feb 2021 #coup, #NUG & civilians have been requesting for no-fly zones, arms embargo & jet fuel sanctions. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar @NUGMyanmar urges global community & @UN "to take effective actions urgently" to stop Myanmar #military attacks & from "perpetrating atrocities". @CrphMyanmar also reacted after army launched air strikes in #Kachin killing/injuring over 50. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#Myanmar powerful #KIO #Kachin Independence Organization with #KIA armed wing flew flag at half-mast to remember #Hpakant victims of Sunday #military air attacks. Victims, including known Kachin artists, were then marking KIO anniversary in music concert #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Death toll from #Myanmar #military targeting/attacking #Hpakant #Kachin at a #KIO music celebration rising to at least 80 now with media reports of additional over 100 injured. This seems to the largest fatality in a single attack/location by military #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
.@amnesty says #Myanmar #military's "unlawful aerial attacks" in #Kachin a show of "ruthless disregard for civilian lives in its escalating campaign against opponents". Adds latest attacks mean @ASEAN must "overhaul the approach to the crisis in Myanmar" #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
In show of united front to condemn #Myanmar #military air strikes in #Hpakant #Kachin, western embassies like @EUMyanmar @USEmbassyBurma @ukinmyanmar based in #Yangon blames army for "indiscriminate attacks" & for causing "crisis & instability" in country #WhatshappenininMyanmar
#Myanmar #military's Oct 23 aerial attacks in #Kachin targeting #ethnic #Kachin Independence Organization #KIO/#KIA music concert prompted another powerful/strong ethnic #ArakanArmy #AA chief @TwanMrat to demand for "concerted action to exterminate" army #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
.@UNinMyanmar says #Myanmar #military air strikes on #Hpakant #Kachin "appear to be excessive & disproportionate use of force by security forces against unarmed civilians is unacceptable & those responsible must be held to account" myanmar.un.org/en/204444-stat… #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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