'Horrified' UN official condemns reported killings of civilians in Myanmar

A senior United Nations official called on Myanmar authorities to investigate the reported killing ofthat opposition activists blamed on government soldiers, saying he was “horrified” at the violence.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said reports of the killing of civilians, including at least one child, were credible. Residents and a human rights group working in the area said soldiers had killed the civilians. Photographs posted by the rights group showed charred bodies, some in the back of a burned-out truck.

On Monday, December 27, three sources in the western Thai city of Mae Sot, 330 kilometers to the south, said there were further signs of fighting on the Myanmar side of the border, including gunshots, plumes of smoke and an air strike.

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