Demoso Kayah State - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 15 Mar 2023 20:53:05 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Demoso Kayah State - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Thousands flee as UN hears reports on Myanmar https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/16/thousands-flee-as-un-hears-reports-on-myanmar/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 04:50:14 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156674 Thousands of villagers, including Catholics, have fled their homes as the military in Myanmar escalated attacks amid the UN Security Council's move to hear reports from special envoys on the civil war in the southeast Asian nation. The new flare-up between the army and the rebel groups, which also includes Christians, has prompted thousands of Read more

Thousands flee as UN hears reports on Myanmar... Read more]]> Thousands of villagers, including Catholics, have fled their homes as the military in Myanmar escalated attacks amid the UN Security Council's move to hear reports from special envoys on the civil war in the southeast Asian nation.

The new flare-up between the army and the rebel groups, which also includes Christians, has prompted thousands of villagers in Demoso township in predominantly Christian Kayah State, a mountainous eastern region bordering Thailand, to take shelter in relatives' homes and in forests, according to local sources.

They said at least 3,000 people have fled their homes since March 10 when the fighting increased.

"We heard artillery shelling and gunfire and saw many fleeing villagers taking refuge in relatives' homes," a local resident from Loikaw, the capital city of Kayah State, who did not wish to be named, told UCA News.

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