Up to 80 people have been killed, local celebrities and civilians among them, after the junta dropped four bombs on a celebration in Kachin State, reports VICE Media News.
Mark Farmaner, the director of Burma Campaign UK, described the attack as a “dramatic escalation,” characterising the junta as desperately “lashing out” against its adversaries. “They’re in a fight for their very survival in a way they’ve never been before.”
He called for increased sanctions: “These jets were from foreign countries, the pilots were trained in aeroplanes from foreign countries, the aviation fuel in those jets is from foreign countries. There’s a lot more that can be done to cut the supplies needed to carry out these kinds of attacks.”