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The military has sought to quell mass anti-coup protests with bloody crackdowns that have killed more than 850 civilians, according to a local monitoring group. ― Reuters pic
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YANGON, June 17 A prominent Myanmar ethnic rebel group will investigate an alleged massacre of civilians on its territory, it said yesterday, after state media accused its fighters of killing 25 construction workers.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since a February coup ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government, sparking huge protests and renewed clashes between the military and ethnic rebel armies in border regions.
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