Myanmar's media have testified that 11 inhabitants captured by the army were found as burnt bodies in the northwestern Sagaing Region, where fighting between military and pro-democracy armed groups is fierce. I told it with the video of the site.
The military has denied the facts.
Myanmar's media reported on the 7th in the Sagaing Region's Sir Lindsey district, including five boys under the age of 18 in a military-attacked village, according to local testimony. Eleven people were captured and found as burnt bodies after the army left.
Residents who testified that the 11 people were tied up with ropes and assaulted and appeared to have been burned alive, according to the situation at the scene.
The footage reported by several media outlets, as if the inhabitants had taken a picture of the scene after the army left, showed a terrible situation with many burnt bodies in a small area and still rising smoke. increase.
In the Sagaing Region, the fighting between military and pro-democracy armed groups is intensifying, and local media reports that there was an attack on the military convoy near the village on the scene that day as well.
In response to these reports, a military spokesman denied the facts, saying, "There was no clash between the military and armed groups on this day, and forged lies are being spread."
UN spokesman "strongly criticizes reports including five children"
A UN spokesman, Dujaric, said at a regular press conference on the 8th, "I express deep concern about the horrifying reports that 11 people were killed in the Sagaing Region of Myanmar."
"According to credible reports, the murdered people included five children," he said. "We strongly condemn such violence. We must be held responsible for this violent act." Must be. "