Myanmar: 17 killed in fresh fighting near border with India

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According to locals and a human rights organization, as the civil conflict in Myanmar intensifies, airstrikes by the occupying military on a village controlled by pro-democracy resistance in the northwest of the nation have resulted in at least 17 civilian deaths and more than 20 injuries, including nine children. Just south of the Indian border, in the Khampat town of the Sagaing district, was Kanan village where the airstrikes occurred. The military, however, refuted claims of responsibility for the Sunday aerial attack, saying instead that Khit Thit Media—an independent online news outlet that supports the anti-military resistance—was spreading fake information....