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  • 2022-10-27 (xsd:date)
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  • Myanmar’s Foreign Ministry said in a Facebook post on October 25.That is false.The military cut off phone and internet connections in the area and has blocked off access to the site, seriously hampering verification efforts. However, news reports and witness accounts said civilians were indeed killed.One witness told The New York Times that a bomb hit near the well-illuminated stage, killing three musicians. Times journalists spoke with witnesses and confirmed the death of popular Burmese singer Aurali Lahpai.The Kachin News group, which is sympathetic to the KIO, reported that Aurali’s keyboardist, Ko King, and another singer, Galau Yaw Lwi, were also killed.The Myanmar Now news site reported that actor Lahtaw Zau Ding was among the casualties but was unable to confirm his death.Rescue workers told the Times that some of the people died because the military, which controls a key bridge, would not allow them to transport the wounded to a hospital in the nearby town of Hpakant.A resident likewise told Radio Free Asia (RFA), a sister U.S.-funded organization to VOA, that a military blockade of the roads leading to and from the concert grounds could figure in more deaths.There are about 150 injured patients (en)
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  • On October 23, Myanmar’s military bombed an outdoor concert in A Nan Pa, a village in the country’s northernmost Kachin State.Witnesses said the military dropped several bombs without warning.The concert had been organized to celebrate the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the Kachin Independence Organization (KIO), which is fighting for autonomy in the war-torn country.Members of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), the armed wing of the KIO (and just one of many ethnic armed organizations in the highly diverse country), were among the scores killed or wounded in the attack.On October 27, the KIA claimed the death toll had risen to 75.It was the deadliest airstrike since the military seized power in a February 2021 coup, ousting an elected government. Myanmar’s military rulers have framed the attack as a strike on a KIA base and denied that civilians were killed.According to the relevant authorities (en)
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