At least 22 people were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar, according to rebel groups and a member of the ousted government, but the junta denies it is increasing deadly attacks against unarmed villagers.
Myanmar's military government denied reports of another mass killing of civilians by its troops.abc.net.au/news/at-least-22-people-killed-in-suspected-massacre-at-myanmar-monas/102113622At least 22 people were shot dead at close range in central Myanmar last week, according to a doctor's post-mortem report, in what opponents of military rule say was a massacre of civilians conducted by the army.
Video and photographs provided by the KNDF and another group, the Karenni Revolution Union , showed bullet wounds to the torso and heads of the dead bodies and bullet holes in the monastery walls.Resistance says it saw soldiers burning homes A local leader of the Karenni guerillas who took the photos said his group's snipers in the surrounding area had used their rifle scopes to watch about 100 soldiers firing their guns and torching houses as they entered the village on Saturday morning.
He strongly denied the resistance forces had been responsible for the killings, as had been alleged by the army and its supporters. A post-mortem report by Dr Ye Zaw, who is part of the National Unity Government — an exiled civil administration formed since the coup — said automatic weapons were likely used at close range to kill 22 people, including three saffron-robed monks.
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