Irrawaddy-Apr 13
More than 230 police stations, government offices, banks and factories in Myanmar have been attacked since mid-March, according to Myanmar’s military, which is keen to blame the attacks on anti-regime protesters. Many attacks started on March 14 when the military regime killed more than 110 civilians during their nationwide crackdowns on peaceful protests. In Hlaing Tharyar Township, Yangon, more than 50 civilians were killed in a single day and some factories were burned down in arson attacks in the township. Myanmar’s military spokesman Major General Zaw Min Tun said on Friday that 49 police stations and outposts, 29 ward administration offices and 39 government offices were attacked in March. Eleven roads and bridges, 10 banks and 72 private houses, telecoms towers, factories and shops were also attacked in March, he said. Since mid-March, several police stations and outposts in cities including Myawaddy, Bago, Mandalay, Mogoke, Kawthaung, Lashio, Kawlin and Myitkyina had faced arson or homemade bomb attacks, according to news reports.
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