Burmese Guerrillas Attack Train, Kill 26

Guerrillas attacked a Burmese train southeast of Rangoon on Tuesday, killing 26 people and injuring 20, Rangoon Radio reported. The radio, monitored in Bangkok, said members of the Mon ethnic minority blew up the line beneath a passenger train between Ye and Moulmein near the town of Maukpilin, then opened fire at the cars with small arms.

Guerrilla groups, some of which have been active for 40 years, have pledged to step up their fight since the army took power in Rangoon in September, suppressing a national uprising for democracy after 26 years of one-party socialist rule.