Saturday, December 25, 2021
Bodies found in Myanmar
Military junta reportedly killed 35 civilians
In Myanmar, more than 30 dead are discovered in burned-out cars, human rights activists and the media report. Accordingly, children and women are also among the victims. The ruling military junta should be responsible. She speaks of clashes with “terrorists”.
In Myanmar, the cremated bodies of at least 35 people have been found, according to information from local human rights activists and media reports. Children should also be among them. The victims are civilians who wanted to flee their villages because of fighting, said a member of the Karenni Human Rights Group, who wanted to remain anonymous. Two employees of the aid organization Save the Children are also missing after the incident, as the international NGO announced.
The people were arrested and killed by soldiers from the military junta, added the human rights activist. He said he saw the charred bodies himself. Women and children were also among the victims. The incident occurred on Friday in the state of Kayah in the east of the country. The Karenni are an ethnic group in the multi-ethnic state of Myanmar.
Save the Children announced that the two missing employees were on their way home after a humanitarian outreach in the area. They have confirmation that their private car has been attacked and burned out. The NGO spoke of at least 38 deaths in the incident. “The military has reportedly forced people out of their cars, arrested some, killed others and burned their bodies,” it said. The organization condemned the attack as a breach of international humanitarian law.
Local reports and media reports from Myanmar cannot be independently verified. The Myanmar Witness organization, which claims to be collecting evidence of human rights violations in the country, confirmed a fire on Friday at 1:18 p.m. local time, but did not give the cause.
“Our people were brutally killed”
Another member of the Karenni Human Rights Group, citing local residents, said the junta had left cremated bodies near the village of Mu So in Hpruso Township. “We found some cremated bodies with their hands tied behind their backs. Our people were brutally killed,” said a member of the local resistance group. “The civilians were collectively burned here,” the member said. It added, “Some people before they died.”
The military-controlled newspaper “The Mirror Daily” reported that fighting broke out between military personnel and local resistance fighters in the Hpruso community on Friday. Seven trucks with “terrorists”, as the military calls the local resistance forces, were shot at.
The former Burma has been plunging into chaos and violence since a coup in February. The military had ousted the de facto head of government Aung San Suu Kyi and has ruled with an iron fist ever since. Any resistance is suppressed with brutal severity. Local armed forces have formed in many parts of the South Asian country to resist the junta. There are repeated reports of serious human rights violations in the crisis country.