Myanmar - Christmas Eve massacre, Mo So village, troops shoot civilians set them on fire, 2021

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In this photo provided by the Karenni Nationalities Defense Force (KNDF), smokes and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar, Friday, Dec. 24, 2021. Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 30 and set the bodies on fire, a witness and other reports said Saturday. (KNDF via AP)

Myanmar troops shoot civilians and set them on fire: witnesses
Dec 25 2021
''BANGKOK (AP) -- Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers, some believed to be women and children, fatally shot more than 30 and set the bodies on fire, a witness and other reports said Saturday.

The purported photos of the aftermath of the Christmas Eve massacre in eastern Mo So village, just outside Hpruso township in Kayah state where refugees were sheltering from an army offensive, spread on social media in the country, fueling outrage against the military that took power in February.

The accounts could not be independently verified. The photos showed the charred bodies of over 30 people in three burned-out vehicles.

A villager who said he went to the scene told The Associated Press that the victims had fled the fighting between armed resistance groups and Myanmar's army near Koi Ngan village, which is just beside Mo So, on Friday. He said they were killed after they were arrested by troops while heading to refugee camps in the western part of the township.''

 

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Dozens 'rounded up and killed in Christmas Eve massacre' in Myanmar
''The witness said the villagers and anti-government militia groups left the bodies as military troops arrived near Mo So as the bodies were being prepared for cremation.

On Friday, Myanmar’s independent media reported that 10 Mo So villagers, including children, were arrested by the army.

Four members of the local paramilitary Border Guard Forces who went to negotiate for their release were reportedly tied up and shot by the military.

Earlier this month, government troops were also accused of rounding up villagers, some believed to be children, tying them up and slaughtering them.

An opposition leader, Dr Sasa, who uses only one name, said the civilians were burned alive.''

 

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My God. Humans can be barbaric.

 

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Save the Children says two staff missing after attack in Myanmar

 

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Save the Children says two staff missing after attack in Myanmar

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''Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military overthrew the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi nearly 11 months ago, claiming fraud in an election her party won. More than 1,300 people have been killed in a crackdown by security forces, according to a local monitoring group.

“People’s Defence Forces” (PDF) have sprung up across the country to fight the military, and have drawn the government troops into a bloody stalemate of clashes and reprisals.''

''Win Myat Aye, a member of a group of removed legislators, condemned the atrocity. “This is a cruel present from the military to our people on Christmas Day,” he said.''