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Myanmar self-defence groups take fight to junta with homemade rifles
Members of a self-defence group make guns to be used against security forces in Kayah state AFP/STR
05 Jun 2021 04:52PM (Updated:
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YANGON: At makeshift factories hidden in Myanmar s jungle, locals who have formed self-defence groups make rifles to take the fight to the military junta, but their homemade weapons don t always hit the mark.
Myanmar has been in chaos and its economy paralysed since the generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi s government in February, accusing it of fraud during 2020 elections.
A clash between Myanmar soldiers and villagers wielding homemade guns left at least three civilians dead in the south of the coup-stricken country Saturday, state media said, although one witness put the death toll at 12.
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