Myanmar military carries out airstrikes in Rakhine daily

“Myanmar’s military has been carrying out almost daily airstrikes and shelling in the restive Rakhine and Chin states, resulting in at least 32 deaths and 71 injuries since 23 March, the majority women and children, and they have also been destroying and burning schools and homes,” UN human rights office spokesman Rupert Colville told a Geneva news briefing on Friday.

A surge in fighting between the Myanmar military and insurgents has killed at least 32 people, mostly women and children, in the areas he said, adding the military had destroyed homes and schools.

In response to a question, he said it was “very difficult to get precise information from Rakhine on whether the reported casualties are the result of targeting or were caught in the crossfire between the Arakan Army and Myanmar army”. _Agencies


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