10 Burma Policemen Killed in Attack by Ethnic Armies Opposed to Junta: Report

10 Burma Policemen Killed in Attack by Ethnic Armies Opposed to Junta: Report
Protesters take cover behind barricades during a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay, Burma, on March 21, 2021. Stringer/Reuters
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An alliance of ethnic armies in Burma that has opposed the junta’s crackdown on anti-coup protests attacked a police station in the east on Saturday and at least 10 policemen were killed, domestic media said.

The police station at Naungmon in Shan state was attacked early in the morning by fighters from an alliance that includes the Arakan Army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army, and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, media reported.