Asia

Anti-junta fighters risk their lives making weapons from YouTube videos

The People's Defence Force in Myanmar has been battling the military that overthrew the elected civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi with home-made weapons. But to churn out rockets, mines and mortars, the group fighting the ruling junta undertakes risky trial-and-error operations. Several fighters have suffered injuries, while one member was killed after testing a mortar shell.
 

November 8, 2022