Myanmar military intensifies civilian killings and arrests, U.N. report says

Forces said to have killed 5,350 civilians since Suu Kyi government deposed

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A trainer for the Bamar People's Liberation Army shouts during a training session at a camp in territory belonging to the Karen National Liberation Army in the Myanmar state of Karen on March 6. © Reuters

GENEVA (Reuters) -- Myanmar's military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers in an escalating conflict, with tens of thousands detained since the 2021 coup, a United Nations report said on Tuesday.

The military came to power in February 2021 after deposing the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi and triggering nationwide street protests that it violently crushed.

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