Chin groups condemn Mrauk-U hospital attack by Myanmar junta as war crime

Mizzima

Several Chin organizations have issued strong condemnations following the deadly airstrike on Mrauk-U General Hospital in Rakhine State asserting that the junta military committed a war crime.

The Chin Council (CC), in a statement on 14 December, and the Chin Brotherhood (CB), in a statement on 13 December, denounced the 10 December bombing that killed a total of 33 people including patients, patient attendants, and hospital staff and injured 77 others.

The Chin Council strongly condemned the bombing as an “inhumane act of terror.” The statement read, in part, “This act is a brazen violation of International Humanitarian Laws and fundamental human rights principles, constituting a war crime, and also a direct violation of the resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.”