Australia joins international condemnation of Myanmar military junta’s killing of civilians

The Chief of the Australian Defence Force has joined the military heads of 11 other nations in condemning Myanmar’s military junta’s involvement in the country’s bloodiest day since last month’s coup.

General Angus Campbell and his counterparts from Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea, the United Kingdom and the United States, released a statement after Myanmar security forces killed 114 unarmed people on Saturday, in a brutal crackdown on pro-democracy protesters.

Those killed included at least six children between the ages of 10 and 16, according to news reports and witnesses.

“As chiefs of defense, we condemn the use of lethal force against unarmed people by the…