A senior United Nations official said he was horrified by the reported killing of at least 35 civilians in Myanmar and called on authorities to investigate the incident that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers.
The ruling military has not commented on the incident near Mo So village in Kayah State on Friday and junta spokesman Zaw Min Tun could not be reached for comment.State media reported that soldiers had fired on and killed an unspecified number of"terrorists with weapons" from forces fighting the military government. State media did not say anything about civilian casualties.
More than 30 reported killed, Save the Children staff missing, in Myanmar attackResidents and a human rights group working in the area said soldiers had killed the civilians. Photographs posted by the rights group showed charred bodies, some in the back of a burned-out truck.Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military on February 1 overthrew the elected government of Nobel Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Earthquake, Magnitude 3.1 - ICELAND REGION - 2021 December 27, 08:25:35 UTCM3.1 earthquake (jarðskjálfti) strikes 25 km S of Reykjavík (Iceland) 12 min ago. Read eyewitnesses' stories & share yours:
Read more »
'Horrified' U.N. official condemns reported killings of civilians in MyanmarA senior U.N. official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing of at least 35 civilians that opposition activists blamed on government soldiers, saying he was 'horrified' at the violence.
Read more »
UN 'horrified' over deaths, burning of dozens of Myanmar civilians'Credible reports say at least 35 people, including at least one child, were forced from their vehicles, killed and burned,' says UN's humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths while demanding a transparent probe into eastern Kayah state massacre.
Read more »
Pa. man on parole for murder accused of killing girlfriend on Christmas: reportThe Greencastle man is accused of shooting his girlfriend in her Hagerstown, Maryland home.
Read more »
Suicide bomber kills at least five at east Congo restaurantA suicide bomber struck a restaurant in the city of Beni in east Congo on Saturday, killing at least five peopleas well as himself, officials said.
Read more »
More than 30 reported killed, Save the Children staff missing, in Myanmar attackAt least 30 people, including women and children, were killed in the eastern Myanmar state of Kayah on Friday, according to the Karenni Human Rights Group, with two members of international humanitarian group Save the Children still missing.
Read more »