UN Secretary General António Guterres is “alarmed” by reports of the murder of dozens of civilians on Monday in Kachin state, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and believes that those responsible should be “held accountable,” he said. his spokesperson.
According to Guterres, the victims of this bomb attack included internally displaced people, many of them women and children.
“The Secretary-General condemns all forms of violence, including the escalation of military attacks across the country, which continue to fuel regional instability. The Secretary-General continues to urge neighboring countries, in particular, to leverage their influence,” he said. Guterres’ spokesman. Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement.
The United Nations leader reaffirmed that “civilians must be protected in accordance with international humanitarian law.”
At least 29 people were killed, including 12 minors, and 50 were injured in an alleged attack by the Burmese army on a camp for displaced people in the north of the country, rescue team sources reported.
The majority of the deceased are women and children, added the same sources, who participated in the rescue efforts and in the transfer of the victims to the hospital in the city of Laiza, in the state of Kachin, near the border with China.
The figures are in line with those reported by local media and the Kachin National Organization, which stated on its Facebook account that more than 20 civilians, including children, were killed during the Burmese army’s artillery attack shortly before midnight on Monday. at night, in an area. near Laiza and next to a camp for displaced people.
Source: TSF
