Junta attacks in Myanmar’s Bago region kill 8, displace 6,000

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Junta attacks in Myanmar’s Bago region kill 8, displace 6,000

Junta attacks since the weekend in central Myanmar’s Bago region have killed at least eight people and displaced around 6,000 people, a rebel official and residents said Tuesday. The attacks in Yedashe township, located about 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Myanmar’s largest city Yangon, followed intense fighting between junta troops and rebel forces that saw nearly 400 civilians killed by military airstrikes and heavy artillery around the …