“Lots of bodies” were seen in a Myanmar city after another terrible attack by the country’s security forces against its own people.
People were killed in the town of Bago on Friday, “leaving piles of bodies in pagodas and on school grounds” in the deadliest incident in Myanmar since a coup overthrew the elected government on February 1. , according to Radio Free Asia and other reports. .
Security forces attacked protesters with rifles, heavy weapons and hand grenades. According to various reports, the death toll nationwide has exceeded 700 people, including more than 80 in Bago, according to the Burmese group’s political assistance assistance association.
News outside Myanmar has been difficult to track down in recent days as the military junta has cracked down on Internet access and confiscated satellite dishes.
The ongoing violence comes amid widespread outrage and international condemnation, after the nation’s government was overthrown in a coup led by senior General Min Aung Hlaing, commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s defense forces.
Suu Kyi, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 and elected to office in 2011, remains in custody by the board.
“Every day, Burmese security forces continue to kill people, including children too young to not even know what a protest is,” U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said at a Council meeting of UN Security on Friday.
“And, unfortunately, this open conversation cannot be seen by those who have a more important opinion: the people of Burma themselves. The military has turned off the internet. By separating their people from the outside world, the military is trying to hide their terrible actions and stifle protest and unleash even more horrors with impunity. And we can’t allow them to succeed. “
