The last rites of Thae Maung Maung, a 20-year-old student killed during the military operation, are being performed.
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Security forces opened fire on protesters in various parts of Myanmar on Sunday, killing at least 12 people. On Saturday, more than a dozen countries around the world condemned the killing of 114 people in the deadliest military operation since February 1. The dead included at least six children between the ages of 10 and 16. Eyewitnesses told Reuter’s news agency that people had gathered in the economic capital, Yangon, to pay their last respects to Thae Maung Maung, a 20-year-old student who was killed during a military operation on Saturday. Bago) were gathered in the town. “We were singing revolutionary songs for Thae Maung Maung when security forces arrived and opened fire on us,” said a woman named Aai. We somehow escaped from there.
Death toll exceeds 450:
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (APP), an NGO that monitors killings during public protests in Myanmar, said security forces opened fire in different parts of the country on Sunday, killing 12 people. The death toll from the protests has risen to 459 since February 1. Eyewitnesses and local media say that since the military coup, the army has launched air strikes on ethnic militias, after which thousands of people living in the border areas have fled to Thailand to save their lives. Although there were no reports of large-scale protests on Sunday in Yangon or Mandalay, where most of the casualties were in Saturday’s military operation, people surrounded a police station in Mandalay late in the evening. The protesters were accusing the security forces of setting fire to five houses and looting them. Police could not be reached for comment.
Tragic and brutal action:
Saturday’s bloodshed was also strongly condemned by the Western world, with the UN special envoy to Myanmar saying the army was carrying out “mass killings” and called on world powers to remove the military junta from power and Take steps to prevent access to weapons. Speaking to reporters, US President Joe Biden strongly condemned the military operation in Myanmar. “It’s a tragic and very barbaric act,” he said. According to the reports I have received, many people have been killed without cause. In response to a question, the US President said that he was considering imposing sanctions on Myanmar.
UN special envoy Tom Andrews said it was time for the world to take action, if not through the UN Security Council, then through an international emergency meeting. The public must be denied access to arms, including financial assistance such as oil and gas revenues. He said in a statement that words such as condemnation or expression of concern seemed like hollow claims to the people of Myanmar because the military had committed massacres there. Earlier, the military chiefs of 12 major countries also issued a joint statement condemning the violent use of force by the occupying forces in Myanmar and the killing of hundreds of civilians. The military leaders demanded that Myanmar’s military respect international military standards. A statement to that effect was signed by US Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley and the heads of the armed forces of several other countries. These countries include Australia, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, South Korea and the United Kingdom.
