Myanmar junta strike kills dozens at festival protest —residents
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Summary: An organizer said people were gathering for the festival at around 7 p.m. when the bombs killed over 40 people and wounded about 80 others. "Children were completely torn apart," she said.
YANGON — A Myanmar military strike on a festival event and protest killed 40 people, including children, an attendee and a local committee member told AFP on Tuesday.
Myanmar has been reeling from civil war since the military seized power in a 2021 coup, prompting pro-democracy rebels to take up arms and ally with ethnic armed groups against the junta.
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