Myanmar air strike kills five, including mother and toddler

Myanmar has been in turmoil since Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government was toppled in a military coup almost two years ago, ending the southeast Asian nation's brief period of democracy.

Another four people were wounded, the ethnic rebel group said. The Karen live largely in Myanmar's east near the border with Thailand.Christian aid group the Free Burma Rangers said its staff arrived at Lay Wah village in Hpapun hours after bombs destroyed two churches and a school. Villagers had fled into the jungle before the air strikes, the group said, and fatalities would have been much higher had children still been in their classrooms.A Karen National Liberation Army spokesman told AFP there had been another air strike on Friday.

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