Monks flee temples in Myanmar amid intense fighting


A military power-grab has expelled the civilian leader of Myanmar 11 months ago, with mass protests and subsequent crackdowns killing more than 1,400 people. – EPA pic, January 16, 2022.

BUDDHIST monks fled two major towns in Myanmar, said a witness today, hundreds among thousands recently displaced by intense fighting between the military and rebel groups opposed to the coup last year.

The military power-grab expelled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s government 11 months ago, with mass protests and subsequent crackdowns killing more than 1,400 people – as dozens of rebel groups sprang up to oppose the regime.


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