Myanmar military fires on Chinese Red Cross quake-relief convoy

Regime claims troops had not been informed of its route

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Members of the Chinese Red Cross International Emergency Response Team work at a collapsed residential building in Mandalay following the earthquake. Myanmar's military regime has admitted to firing on a Chinese Red Cross convoy on April 1 © Reuters

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CHIANG MAI -- Myanmar's military fired on a Chinese Red Cross convoy that was transporting relief supplies to victims of the March 28 earthquake, the regime has confirmed.

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