A woman in a nun’s uniform kneels and appeals to the soldiers. It is appealing to the protesters not to use violence.
It happened on the 28th (local time) in Kachin Province, northern Myanmar, when dozens of people died in the military’s hard-line crackdown, Kachin Wave reported. Local netizens commented, referring to the sister’s name and saying, “We have different religions but we respect them.”
“How many more dead bodies will the UN take to action?”
On this day, social media (SNS) posted photos and videos from all over Myanmar about the situation at the time of the bloodshed. There was also unfortunate news about Nini Aung Tut Naing, 23, a man in his twenties who was shot and killed in the chest in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. He died one day after he left the hashtag on his Facebook page, “How many more bodies are needed for the United Nations to take action.”
There was also an eyewitness account on social media that he called after being shot and collapsed and said, “Mom, I was shot.” In the photo of the scene delivered by Myan Manau, you can see the mobile phone in his hand, who was shot and collapsed.
It’s not even a protester… The military officer who killed the passing mother
In Mandalay, the second city of Myanmar, civilians, not protesters, continued to suffer. On that day, a woman who was passing by was shot in the head and died immediately. According to Myanmanau, the woman died on the street at around 5:30 pm on the 28th. On social media, a picture of her son crying that the woman is raising her son by herself was posted.
Children attacked on the street or in the house
Previously, in Mandalay, a photo was posted of a young child on the street crying from a slingshot shot from a passing military vehicle and his face was swollen. Locals have reported that the incident occurred on 73rd Road in Mandalay on the afternoon of the 26th.
The story that a 9-year-old girl in Mandalay was blinded by a slingshot was also told through local social media. Netizens reported that it happened between the 15th and 16th, when the military began suppressing protesters with rubber bullets and slingshots in front of the Mandalay Economic Bank. “It is true that the military police in Mandalay on that day fired rubber bullets, slingshots, and even live bullets (estimated) indiscriminately at private houses and houses that were not related to the protesters,” said the JoongAng Ilbo.
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