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Military airstrikes in Myanmar kill at least 25 Rohingya people
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres listens to a speech, during the opening of the High-Level Segment of the 55th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 26, 2024

MILITARY air strikes in western Myanmar killed at least 25 members of the country’s Muslim Rohingya minority, local media reported on Tuesday.

According to the reports, the air strikes took place early on Monday morning and targeted the village of Thada, north of Minbya township in Rakhine state. 

The strikes also left another 25 people wounded. The military government had no immediate comment on the reports.

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