A

7-year-old

girl

, who was shot the day before by a soldier, has become the youngest victim of military violence in

Burma

(Myanmar), which has caused at least

275 deaths

, including a score of minors, since the coup on February 1.

The little girl, identified as

Khin Myo Chit

, died on Tuesday in a town in Mandalay state after being shot in the abdomen by a military man while she was sitting on her father's lap inside his home, the media reported on Wednesday.

Myanmar Now

.

The victim's older sister,

Aye Chan San

, told the media that soldiers and policemen

broke into her home

in Aung Pin Le, Chanmyathazi city, and asked if there was anyone else in the house, after ordering everyone to sit down. .

The father repeated that there were only six people and that they were all in the room, to which

a soldier reacted by accusing him of lying and shooting him

, but the bullet hit the daughter, according to the sister's testimony.

The soldiers then

hit one of the

19-year-old

brothers with the butts of their rifles

and took him away.

They also wanted to take the injured girl, but her relatives prevented them.

"My father didn't know what to do because he had the girl in his arms ...

They told him to give them the girl,

" Aye Chan San recounted, but he refused.

The girl was rushed to the hospital, but doctors were unable to save her life.

Two other people, one in their 30s and one in their 20s, were killed by soldiers in

Aung Pin Le

.

Neighbors stated that they

did not know why the soldiers had entered their district

because there had been no protests against the regime that day.

The girl's death has sparked a wave of outrage and complaints, including from the NGO

Save the Children and Yanghee Lee

, the former UN rapporteur for Burma.

"

Is killing a 7-year-old girl the new strategy for Myanmar's security?

A 14-year-old boy also died recently. Also, 14 and 16-year-olds killed by gunshots to the head," Lee said on his Twitter account. .

In a statement, Save the Children stated that the number of minors killed stands at around twenty, including a 14-year-old boy who died on Monday, and expressed concern for the

at least 17 minors who are in detention

and are not receiving adequate care. , including access to food.

"We are horrified that children continue to be the target of attacks against peaceful protesters. The death of these children is especially worrying because they occurred while at home, where they should be safe," said the NGO.

"The fact that so many children die almost every day shows

a total disregard for human life

on the part of the security forces," said Save the Children.

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