Police station attacked in Myanmar: 10 victims

Myanmar’s Alliance of Ethnic Armed Groups attacks security forces

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More than 10 armed groups have declared the junta illegal and said they sided with the protesters.

In Myanmar, where a military coup took place in early February, an alliance of ethnic armed groups attacked a police station, killing at least 10 police officers. On Saturday, April 10, reports Reuters with reference to local media.

It is noted that a police station in the city of Naungmon in Shan State was attacked on Saturday morning by fighters of the alliance, which includes the Arakan Army, the Taang National Liberation Army and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army.

According to various publications, from 10 to 14 police officers were killed. Representatives of the military junta that seized power in the country did not comment on the incident.

Since the military coup on February 1, 2021, at least 600 protesters have been killed in Myanmar, Reuters notes.

More than 10 armed groups have declared the junta illegal and said they sided with the protesters.

Parliamentarians, many of whom have gone into hiding after the coup, have announced plans to form a government of national unity, which will include ethnic leaders. Online talks on joint resistance to the junta are under way.

Recall that at the end of March, when the protests were dispersed 114 people killed in 40 cities in Myanmar… Among the dead was a 13-year-old girl. This was the deadliest day since the protests began.

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