The massacre of at least 35 civilians and the disappearance of two humanitarian workers from the NGO Save The Children occurred on the 24th in Mosso.
The United Nations coordinator for United Nations emergency aid, Martin Griffiths, condemned this Sunday the massacre of at least 35 civilians and the disappearance of two humanitarian workers from the NGO Save The Children occurred on the 24th in the Burmese population of Moso, in the state of Kayah, in the east of the country.
“Credible reports claim that at least 35 people, including at least one child, were forced to abandon their vehicles, killed and burned,” Griffiths said in a statement in which he was “horrified” by what happened.
Save The Children reported today that its two workers are still missing and stressed that, “according to reports, the military forced people out of their cars, arrested some, killed others and burned their bodies.”
“I condemn this serious incident and all attacks against civilians throughout the country,” said the UN Deputy Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs, who urged the authorities to “immediately launch a full and transparent investigation into the incident so that the perpetrators can be quickly brought to justice ”.
He also called on the Burmese Armed Forces and all armed groups in the country “to adopt all measures to protect civilians from harm.”
According to the official Burmese press, the military killed an unknown number of “armed terrorists” who were traveling in seven vehicles and who had no intention of stopping at the request of the officers.
Kayah state is one of the scenarios where armed ethnic guerrillas stand up to the Army, which has been vicious since the seizure of power on February 1 against this and other areas controlled by the rebels that oppose the coup government.
For its part, the guerrilla National Karenni Defense Force (KNDF), which operates in the region, stressed that the victims are civilians and that they are not part of its ranks, the news portal collects. Myanmar Now.
Burma has entered a spiral of crisis and violence since the military led by Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a coup on February 1.
In addition to peaceful protests and a civil disobedience movement, Civilian militias have been formed that have taken up arms together with the ethnic guerrillas who have been in conflict with the Burmese Army for decades.
After almost eleven months after the riot, the military junta still does not have complete control of the country despite the brutal violence used against dissent and has caused at least 1,375 deaths to date, according to an organization of Burmese activists. (I)
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