Unidentified attackers launched assaults on two Myanmar air bases on Thursday, with blasts reported at one base and rocket hearth seen at one other, media and a witness mentioned.
The assaults come after three months of turmoil in Myanmar triggered by a Feb. 1 navy coup. There was no declare of duty or any affirmation of any casualties within the assaults. A navy spokesman didn’t reply calls looking for remark.
In the primary assault on Thursday, three blasts went off at an air base close to the central city of Magway within the early hours, the Delta News Agency reported in a submit on Facebook.
Later, 5 rockets had been fired at one of many nation’s foremost air bases, at Meiktila, to the northeast of Magway, reporter Than Win Hlaing, who was close to the bottom on the time, mentioned in a submit.
He additionally posted a video clip that included the sound of what gave the impression to be a rocket flying overhead adopted by a blast. Reuters couldn’t confirm the clip.
Since the ouster of an elected authorities led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, pro-democracy protests have rocked cities and cities, and the navy has cracked down with deadly drive, killing greater than 750 folks, in accordance with an activist group. Reuters is unable to verify the casualty toll.
Fighting between the navy and ethnic minority insurgents has additionally flared because the coup with the navy launching quite a few airstrikes within the north and east.
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