How will the Myanmar earthquake affect the nation's military junta?
- A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, killing over 2,700 people and injuring 4,500, with significant damage reported in Mandalay and surrounding areas.
- The military junta blocked international aid and launched airstrikes after the earthquake, killing 10 people according to reports from Human Rights Watch.
- A Red Cross Society of China convoy was fired upon by junta soldiers while delivering aid, although the junta claimed no injuries occurred.
- Australia announced $4.1 million in humanitarian support for earthquake victims, ensuring the aid would not go to junta officials.
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Myanmar Junta Soldiers Shoot at Chinese Earthquake Aid Convoy
The military junta that rules Myanmar admitted on Wednesday that its forces fired “warning shots” at a Chinese convoy that was attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to victims of Friday’s devastating earthquake. The post Myanmar Junta Soldiers Shoot at Chinese Earthquake Aid Convoy appeared first on Breitbart.
How will the Myanmar earthquake affect the nation's military junta?
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28 killed more than 2,700 people, causing a major issue to loom over the country already besieged by civil war: how this natural disaster will impact Myanmar's ruling junta. Its autocratic tendencies appear to be creating even more problems following the temblor, but some analysts say it could pave the way for the military junta's downfall.Ruling Myanmar since seizing power from the country's democr…
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