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At least 32 civilians have been killed in an attack by Myanmar’s military junta on a village in the north-west of the country on Saturday, according to eyewitnesses and local media. Most of the victims were shot dead in two Buddhist monasteries in the village in the municipality of Myinmu in the Sagaing region where they had been seeking shelter from the military, it said. “They attacked the village unexpectedly in the early morning. They shot at the people who had fled to the monasteries. Some civilians came to the monastery out of fear of the soldiers and were also killed,” a representative …

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