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YANGON, Dec 8 — Myanmar soldiers have been accused of rounding up 11 people in a village in a central area of the strife-torn country before shooting them and setting fire to their bodies, according to residents in the area and media reports. The charred remains were found in a village in...

Wednesday, 08 Dec 2021 05:50 PM MYT

Video footage purporting to show the burned bodies was circulated on social media and images were published by some media including theReuters could not independently verify the authenticity of the footage or claims over how the 11 died and a spokesman for the military junta did not answer calls seeking comment.

Myanmar has been in chaos since the military overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi’s democratically elected government in February with widespread protests and the formation of militia, known as People’s Defence Forces , to take on the well-equipped army. A relative of one of the victims said the dead man, Htet Ko, was a 22-year-old university student and not a member of any militia and not armed.

In a post on social media, he listed what he said were the names of the 11, all male and including a boy of 14.

 

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