An air strike killed at least 50 people at a concert in Myanmar held by an ethnic minority group in conflict with the ruling military, opposition groups and media said on Monday, an attack condemned by the United Nations and western embassies.
The jet strike late on Sunday in the northern state of Kachin, which the military has yet to confirm, killed civilians, local singers, and officers of the Kachin Independence Army, media reported, citing witnesses who said three planes carried out the attack.
A spokesperson for the junta could not immediately be reached for comment and state television made no mention of the incident in its nightly news bulletin on Monday.
It took place in the A Nang Pa region of Hpakant township and killed at least 50 people, BBC Burmese said, while news site Irrawaddy put the death toll at about 100. Reuters could not immediately verify the figures.
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