Myanmar rebels shoot airliner
A passenger on board a Myanmar domestic flight was shot in the face yesterday when rebels opened fire on the plane as it landed, the country's military junta said. A bullet passed through the fuselage of the Myanmar National Airlines plane as it made its descent carrying 63 people into Loikaw, the capital of eastern Kayah state. Myanmar has been in turmoil since a military coup ousted the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February last year, with thousands killed in a crackdown on dissent. The plane, flying from the capital Naypyidaw, came under fire at a height of around 1,000 metres (3,280 feet), about six kilometres (3.7 miles) north of Loikaw airport yesterday morning, the junta said in a statement.
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