“Mom, I was shot”… 10 more deaths on bloody Sunday in Myanmar

Myanmar citizens protesting the military coup continued their protests on the 1st, the day after the military and police staged the worst bloodshed suppression. On that day, local citizen leader A. Tinjarmaung told Facebook, “They tried to hit us with a shooting yesterday, but we’re coming back today.” Protester Nian Win Shane told Reuters that “I will never kneel in front of military boots.”

On the 28th of last month, which was called’Blood Sunday’ due to the bloody suppression of the military and police, the largest number of victims after the military coup on February 1 came out across Myanmar. The UN Human Rights Office announced that at least 18 people were killed and 12 people were killed by the Myanmar military. Independent media outlet’The Voice of the Democracy of Burma (DVB)’ reported that more than 29 people were killed nationwide. This is the number of 19 deaths confirmed by the afternoon of the day, plus about 10 unconfirmed victims. A local civic group, the Political Offender Support Association (AAPP), counted that about 30 civilians were killed and more than 1130 were arrested by the military and police in a month after the coup.

On social network service (SNS), pictures and videos of the bloodshed were lined up. The unfortunate news came about Nini Aung Tet Naing, 23, a man in his twenties who was shot and killed in Yangon, the largest city. He was sacrificed a day after he left a post on Facebook saying, “How many more bodies are needed for the UN to take action.” There was also an eyewitness account on social media that he called his cell phone immediately after being shot and collapsed and said, “Mom, I was shot.” Myanmar Now, an independent news agency, uploaded a picture of him who fell down holding a cell phone.

Military police were also spotted moving civilians’ bodies and covering the bloodstains of roads with sand. Locals argued that “the military tried to hide the body and cover up the scene to reduce the number of civilian deaths.” A video was also delivered showing the soldiers clenching their fists and rejoicing after aiming fire at the protesters.

In the second city of Mandalay, the victims of those who did not even participate in the protests continued. According to Now, Myanmar, a woman was shot in the head and died at around 5:30 pm on the 28th of last month. On social media, a picture of the woman’s own son crying was posted. A photo of a child who was on the street on the 26th was also released, crying with a swollen face shot by a slingshot shot from a passing military vehicle. The news that a nine-year-old girl was hit by a slingshot and was blinded here was also delivered through SNS. A, who requested anonymity, told JoongAng Ilbo, “On the 15th to 16th of last month, the military and police indiscriminately fired rubber bullets, slingshots, and live ammunition (estimated) at private houses not related to the protesters,” he told JoongAng Ilbo.

Myanmar Now and SNS reported that Ko Yajar Aung, 26, who was shot by a military policeman in Mandalay on the 20th of last month, died on the 24th after not receiving treatment. His wife, his five-year-old daughter, and other bereaved families were in sorrow over Young-jung in the house, and it was broadcast on social media.

On the 28th of last month in the northern province of Kachin, a nun knelt in front of soldiers and pleaded not to use violence. When local media, Kachin Wave, shared the news with photos, local netizens commented that they “respect”. 89% of Myanmarians are Buddhists, but 6.3% of Christians such as Catholics are also believers. As the number of victims increases, citizens’ antipathy toward the military is increasing.

Reporter Jeong Eun-hye [email protected]