Ethnic group says Myanmar air attack kills 60 at celebration

By GRANT PECK
Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic Kachin rebels say air strikes by Myanmar’s military have killed more than 60 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary celebration of the minority group’s main political organization. The reported attack comes three days before Southeast Asian foreign ministers are to hold a special meeting in Indonesia to discuss widening violence in Myanmar. The number of casualties at Sunday night’s celebration by the Kachin Independence Organization appears to be the most in a single air attack since the military seized power in February last year from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.