[Myanmar] Four Officials Killed In Kachin State

Burma’s state-run media has reported that four officials were killed on Sunday in an attack on a government office in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State, by the Kachin Independence Army (KIA). Describing the assault as a “terrorist attack,†the New Light of Myanmar said the incident was “totally unacceptable in the time of peace efforts.†In a separate incident also reported on Sunday, 200 KIA fighters were said to have captured vehicles owned by a Burmese construction company involved in the construction of dams being built with Chinese backing in the area.

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