50 killed in Myanmar airstrike near Mizoram border

Aizawl, Oct 1 (UNI) At least 50 people were killed and 21 others seriously injured in an airstrike by Myanmar military aircraft on Kyauktaw, a major trade centre near the Mizoram border in northern Rakhine State, sources in Lawngtlai said on Thursday. The bombardment on Monday targeted areas around the main bridge over the Kaladan river and a market locally known as Indian Bazar, with Arakanese Buddhists and Indian Muslims among those killed, the sources said. Kyauktaw lies along the Kaladan, a major river that originates in Myanmar and flows through Mizoram, where it is known as the Chhimtuipui, before…