Myanmar - Burma

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Nebst ethnischen Minderheiten, die in verschiedenen Teilen des Landes gegen die Junta kämpfen, greifen auch die Bamar zunehmend zu den Waffen. Inzwischen ist der Konflikt im Irrawaddy-Delta angekommen. Das Irrawaddy-Tal ist quasi das Kernland der Bamar:

On Saturday, clashes spread to the Ayeyarwady region, an important rice growing area that has large populations of both the Bamar majority ethnic group, from which much of the army draws much of its strength, and the Karen minority.

Clashes broke out before dawn at Kyonpyaw, some 150 km (100 miles) northwest of Yangon, when soldiers came to arrest a man suspected of harbouring weapons and were met by a bomb blast, a resident told Reuters.

"The people in the village only have crossbows and there are a lot of casualties on the people's side," said the resident, who asked not to be identified for fear of retribution. Khit Thit Media and BBC Burmese language news said three people had been killed.

Quelle: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/clashes-spr...d/46679854