A Catholic church was bombed in the conflict-torn northern Shan state as renewed fighting intensified between the Burmese military and armed ethnic groups, reported ucanews.com.
St Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mongkoe Township near the Chinese border was hit by airstrikes on December 3, the feast of St Francis Xavier. Ucanews.com reported that the parish priest, nuns and some 1,000 Catholics from the area had already fled to China. No one was hurt by the morning raid that caused fires to burn well into the afternoon.
