Burma Army Kills Farmer, Attacks Village, Civilians Flee
The Free Burma Rangers, have released a report and shocking photographic evidence of a killing of a farmer that the frontline humanitarian organization, alleges the Burma Army committed on Saturday May 9.
The FBR confirm that the killing of a “civilian farmer, Min Htet from Mung Hkawng IDP Camp, on Saturday May 9 by Burma Army troops.
The FBR report that Min Htet was “murdered by Burma Army troops. The 40-year-old father of two, was shot and then tortured to death by Burma Army soldiers from Battalions 15 and 142.”
The Free Burma Rangers said Min Htet “was shot in the chest while he was on the way to tend to his pigs. As the shot did not kill him, the Burma Army troops then proceeded to knife him in the face and then beat him to death with a stave.”
The Free Myanmar Rangers said that the killing took place “near Man Gau village and Nam Hpye stream, south of Nam Lim Pa at 18:30hrs. At the same time, a woman named Hpaure Htu, aged 30, was also hit by a bullet in her right hand, but managed to escape.”
The Free Burma Rangers also reported that the residents of “Nam Li Pa have been forced to flee their village many times due to military offensive operations by the Burma Army. There have been numerous attacks near the village and three times the village has been directly attacked by the Burma Army.
Nam Li Pa village, FBR reports “had a population of about 1800 people, and was been attacked in July 2011, November 2013 and now on the 6 May 2015. The 2013 attack led to FBR finding and reporting on the savage torture and murder of seven villagers. Almost all the residents are now living in IDP camps, but a few continue to live in hiding in the surrounding jungle in the hope of one day being able to return home.”
