Myanmar military accused of bombing a displacement camp in a northern state, killing about 30

By GRANT PECK
Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military is accused of launching an airstrike on a camp for displaced persons in the northern state of Kachin that killed about 30 people, including about a dozen children. A local Kachin human rights group said the attack on the Mung Lai Hkyet displacement camp in the northern part of Laiza, a town where the headquarters of the rebel Kachin Independence Army is based, also wounded about 60 people. Col. Naw Bu, a spokesperson for the Kachin Independence Army, said the attacks were carried out by air and artillery. The military government that took power in 2021 after ousting the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi has stepped up the use of airstrikes in combat against armed pro-democracy and ethnic rebel groups.