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Scores of children killed and 1,000 arrested since military junta came to power in Myanmar, UN warns

SCORES of children have been killed and 1,000 arrested since the military junta came to power in Myanmar earlier this year, United Nations rights experts have warned.

The UN child rights committee said on Friday that it had received “credible information” that 75 children had been killed since the armed forces seized power in a coup on February 1.

“Children in Myanmar are under siege and facing catastrophic loss of life because of the military coup,” committee chair Mikiko Otani said.

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