Myanmar: At least 100 buildings burned during fighting in a remote city

At least one hundred buildings caught fire and were deliberately left to burn during fighting in the north Myanmar, in a ghost town, denounced a non-governmental organization.

According to Save the Children, her office in the city was among the buildings that burned down. The ten members of her staff, who worked there, fled.

The Myanmar army seized power in a February 1 coup in Myanmar, overthrowing the government of de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner. The armed forces drowned in mass bloody protests.

The generals set up a “transitional government” on August 1; elections are not scheduled until August 2023 at the earliest.

However, armed resistance to the military regime is growing, especially in more remote areas where ethnic minorities live. The UN has repeatedly warned of the danger of a generalized armed conflict.

The military is currently scaling up its operations in a remote area of ​​Qin province, which borders India, according to Save the Children.

Heavy weapons were used in the virtually abandoned city of Sandlan, which had a population of about 10,000 before fighting broke out. The fire brigade does not operate in the area. The fires threatened to destroy the entire city. Qin is a province where ethnic minorities live, with a large Christian population.

The non-governmental organization has expressed great concern about the fate of the approximately 20 children who are believed to still be in the city. He fears that hundreds of wooden houses have been or will be destroyed. He pointed out that many residents fled to neighboring villages, or crossed the border and took refuge in neighboring India.

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