Over 6,000 civilians killed in 20 months after Myanmar coup

Over 6,000 civilians killed in 20 months after Myanmar coup – report

By Agence France-Presse

Jun 13, 2023 8:00 pm

OSLO: More than 6,000 civilians were killed in Myanmar in the first 20 months after the country's military seized power on Feb. 1 2021, said a report published by the Peace Research Institute of Oslo on Tuesday.

'Our data shows that the human toll of the conflict is higher than previously reported, and while the junta is clearly the main killer, anti-junta forces also have large amounts of blood on their hands,' Stein Tonnesson, one of the two co-authors of the report, said in a statement.

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