Myanmar military attacks rebel mine

YANGON: A Myanmar rebel group said yesterday it was investigating whether Chinese nationals were among those killed and wounded in a military airstrike on a mine it runs.

A coup last year has sparked renewed fighting between the military and some of Myanmar’s numerous ethnic armed groups.

On Tuesday the military clashed with fighters from the Karen National Union (KNU) near the Thai border, both sides said.

The military later carried out an airstrike on the Thabyu antimony mine run by the KNU, killing three people, wounding four and leaving at least eight missing, a KNU commander said.