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Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base
Myanmar's military claims 33 killed were armed opposition using the hospital as a base; the UN and others say victims were civilians amid ongoing conflict in Rakhine.
- On Wednesday, Myanmar's military acknowledged an air strike on Mrauk-U general hospital in Rakhine state killed 33 people and destroyed the operating rooms and main ward.
- The military's information office said armed groups, including the Arakan Army and the People's Defence Force, used Mrauk-U hospital as their base and launched a counterterrorism operation on Wednesday.
- A senior rescue official said an army fighter plane dropped two bombs on the general hospital in Mrauk-U township, killing 34 people and injuring about 80 patients and medical staff.
- The United Nations said the attack fits a harmful pattern to civilians, World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was `appalled`, and Malaysia, current chair of ASEAN, condemned it as unacceptable while the Arakan Army vowed to pursue accountability with global organisations.
- Amid broader turmoil since 2021, the military's information office said the Arakan Army began its November 2023 offensive in Rakhine, seizing key areas.
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In the raid on 10 December, at least 33 people died, more than 80 injured. Among the victims there are patients, doctors and even newborn children. For the United Nations and international groups it is impossible to vote in a context of increasing tensions and hostility. Meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis also takes on ever greater dimensions.
The Myanmar army has confirmed that it attacked a hospital in Rakhine state in the west of the country, which the authorities claim is the headquarters of a militant group, killing one
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