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29 killed in army strike on camp for displaced people in Myanmar

Updated 2023.10.10 12:26 GMT+8
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Twenty-nine people were killed and dozens wounded in a military strike on a camp for displaced people in northern Myanmar, a spokesman for an ethnic military group that controls the area told AFP on Tuesday.  

The attack happened around 11:30 p.m. Monday night (1700 GMT), Colonel Naw Bu of the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) told AFP.  

"We found 29 dead bodies including children and older people... 56 people were wounded," he said, adding they were investigating what kind of strike had hit the camp. 

(With input from AFP)

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