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100,000 killed in Myanmar post-coup conflict: monitor
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize YANGON, Myanmar: More than 100,000 people have been killed across all sides in Myanmar since a military coup five years ago triggered civil war, a conflict monitor said Wednesday.
- There is no official toll and estimates vary widely, but analysts regard the half-decade civil war as the deadliest active conflict in Asia.
- The military ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021, detaining the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and ending Myanmar’s decade-long experiment with democracy.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize YANGON, Myanmar: More than 100,000 people have been killed across all sides in Myanmar since a military coup five years ago triggered civil war, a conflict monitor said Wednesday.
Since the February 2021 putsch there have been 100,114 “conflict-related fatalities” according to Sun Mon Thant, a senior analyst from Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (ACLED), which tallies media reports of violence.
There is no official toll and estimates vary widely, but analysts regard the half-decade civil war as the deadliest active conflict in Asia.
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