Rocket

Rocket event in Myanmar on Thu 18th July 2024

18th July 2024

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Opponents of Myanmar’s junta launched a rocket attack on an airport in the capital but caused no casualties, security sources told AFP on Wednesday, after a rare breach of the military’s seat of power.

The military’s ouster of the country’s democratically elected government in a 2021 coup sparked renewed fighting with ethnic minority armed groups, as well as with pro-democracy People’s Defence Forces (PDFs).

Two rockets had targeted Naypyitaw Airport on Tuesday morning, a security source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Two other security sources said one rocket had been launched at the airport.

All three sources said the rockets had caused no casualties or major damage.

AFP was unable to reach a junta spokesman for comment.

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