Many killed in artillery strike in northern Myanmar - media, local sources

An artillery strike on a camp for internally displaced people has killed 29 people in north Myanmar, said rebels on Tuesday, according to AFP. The south-east Asian country has been embroiled in conflict in multiple regions as an ethnic minority armies and a resistance movement fight against military rule after the coup in 2021.

Those killed in the Kachin state of Myanmar in the army strikes included women, children, and the elderly said a Reuters report quoting local media, an activist, and sources in the area as saying.

The incident took place close to midnight on Monday, a few kilometres from a military camp run by the Kachin Independent Army, which is in conflict with the country's ruling military, the Reuters report added.