Shocking attack

It’s so shocking and sad that an artillery strike that hit a refugee camp near Myanmar’s border with China has killed at least 29 people, including women and children (“Women, children among 29 killed as artillery hits Myanmar refugee camp,” Oct.10, Gulf Today website).

According to the report, Myanmar has been embroiled in a brutal conflict in multiple regions in the wake of a 2021 coup, with ethnic minority armies and a resistance movement battling to undermine military rule after a fierce crackdown by security forces. The shadow National Unity Government (NUG) condemned what it called a vicious attack on civilians and said the world must take action to halt the atrocities and put Myanmar’s generals on trial.

While the world is facing harsh climate change coping with heavy rainfall, cyclones, earthquakes and unprecedented wildfire in many parts of the world, which claimed a huge number of innocent people, destroyed their homes, agricultural lands and cost them huge financial losses, powerful countries have failed to resolve their longstanding differences.

The irony of this world is that despite all of the above mentioned deadly challenges due to global warming which threatens the existence of the world, terrorism in the world is on the rise.

Yousuf Khan,
By email