Myanmar’s Military Government Bombs Earthquake Survivors - The MONDAY AM Quickie 3/31/25
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THE BIG NEWS
Myanmar Military Bombs Own Citizens As Earthquake Death Toll Soars
As people struggled to clear rubble by hand and the smell of death hung in the air, those who survived Friday’s massive earthquake in Myanmar faced renewed attacks from the military government.
The junta hit villages in Karen state with airstrikes and drones shortly after the 7.7 magnitude quake wrecked airports, bridges, roads, historic monasteries, pagodas, mosques, and numerous other buildings.
“I’m calling upon the junta to just stop, stop any of its military operations,” UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews told the BBC.
By Sunday night, more than 1,700 people were confirmed dead in Myanmar and the area around Bangkok, CBS News reported. Thousands more were injured. The number of deaths will likely pass 10,000, according to modeling by the US Geological Survey. Two strong aftershocks hit Myanmar Sunday, a 4.2 magnitude quake followed by a 5.1 magnitude quake.
The quakes and the attacks came four years after the military overthrew the elected government of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and plunged the country into civil war.
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