4 Chinese killed, 9 injured by stray warplane - CCTV News - CCTV.com English
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin has summoned Myanmar's ambassador Thit Linn Ohn in Beijing,
over a stray bomb from the armed conflict in northern Myanmar which landed across the border in China and killed four civilians.
There's been heavy fighting between Myanmar troops and ethnic Kokang rebels near the Chinese border since February. The bomb was dropped by a warplane in Lin-cang city, in China's southwestern Yunnan Province. Nine others were also injured.
Liu condemned the incident and urged Myanmar to thoroughly investigate. He also urged Myanmar to take immediate measures to prevent recurrence of such incidents and safeguard the security and stability in the border areas between the two countries.
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China: Action to be taken if deadly bombing happens again - Xinhua | English.news.cn
BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- No further deadly stray fire incidents should happen or the Chinese military will take "firm and decisive action" to protect the safety of its people, senior Chinese military leader Fan Changlong said on Saturday.
Fan, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while speaking with Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of the Myanmar Defense Services over the telephone, after a bomb dropped by a Myanmar warplane on Friday killed four Chinese in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Fan called on Myanmar to seriously investigate the incident, and urged the Myanmar side to severely punish the perpetrators, as well as apologize to and compensate the families of the victims.
He voiced hope that the Myanmar side would settle the incident well and work with China to ensure the safety and stability of the border areas.
Min Aung Hlaing said the Myanmar side understood China's feelings and assured that the Myanmar side would send personnel to jointly investigate the incident with the Chinese side. Min Aung Hlaing also promised to properly handle relevant issues and hold relevant people accountable.
He said the Myanmar military would advance friendly cooperation with the Chinese army.
Myanmar's warplanes have on several occasions crossed the China-Myanmar border and stray fire has caused casualties and loss of property of the Chinese people, Fan said.
On March 8, stray fire from a fight that occurred between Myanmar's government forces and a local ethnic army had damaged a house in China.
Friday's bombing hit a sugarcane field in the border city of Lincang, killing four people working there and injuring nine others.
Since Friday, China's Air Force have sent fighter jets to patrol over the China-Myanmar border areas to "track, monitor, warn and chase away" Myanmar military planes flying close to China.
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin summoned Myanmar ambassador Thit Linn Ohn in Beijing Friday night, lodging solemn representations to him.
On Saturday, Chinese ambassador to Myanmar Yang Houlan also lodged urgent and solemn representations to Myanmar government and military.