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ASIA/MYANMAR - Massive military operations in Kayah state: many people are on the run MYANMAR
Loikaw (Agenzia Fides) - With a massive surprise attack, with airplanes, helicopters, heavy artillery, the Burmese army (Tatmadaw) has decided to quell the resistance in the Burmese state of Kayah, in eastern Myanmar, inhabited by the Karenni ethnic population.
In the state the Karenni People s Defense Force operate as part of the People s Defense Force , popular defense forces that the Burmese population is organizing to resist repression throughout the Burmese national territory.
In the state of Kayah Christians make up about a third of the total population and there is a massive outflow of internally displaced persons: The army is targeting the region, about one third of the total population of the state of Kayah was forced to flee for their own safety , reports to Agenzia Fides Fr. Paul Tinreh, local priest and pastoral coordinator of the Catholic diocese of Loikaw.