Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an oncoming motorbike carrying three young men. The bike swerves, crashing into a gate. More shots are fired as two of the passengers run away, while…
By ROBIN McDOWELL and MARGIE MASON
Associated Press May 26, 2021
May 26, 2021
Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an oncoming motorbike carrying three young men.
The bike swerves, crashing into a gate. More shots are fired as two of the passengers run away, while the third, Kyaw Min Latt, remains on the ground. Moans are heard as officers grab the wounded 17-year-old from the pavement, throwing his limp body into a truck bed before driving off.
The incident lasted just over a minute and was captured on a CCTV camera. It is part of a growing trove of photos and videos shared on social media that’s helping expose a brutal crackdown carried out by the junta since the military’s Feb. 1 takeover of the Southeast Asian nation.
FILE - In this Thursday, March 4, 2021 file photo, a man holds a picture of 19-year-old Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, during her burial in Mandalay, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
In this April 1, 2021 photo provided by Dawei Watch news outlet, Hnin Twel Tar Aung holds an image of her 17-year old boyfriend, Kyaw Min Latt, followed by his mother, Maw Maw Oo, partially obscured; and father, Soe Soe Latt, while walking in front of Kyaw Min Latt s coffin during a funeral procession in Dawei, Myanmar. (Dawei Watch via AP)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2021 file photo, people mourn over the body of 19-year-old Kyal Sin, also known as Angel, a university student who was shot in the head during an anti-military takeover rally in Mandalay, Myanmar. (AP Photo)
Myanmar military uses bodies as tools of terror in crackdown
More than 130 instances were identified where security forces appeared to be using corpses and the bodies of the wounded to create anxiety, uncertainty, and strike fear in the civilian population.
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In this March 13, 2021 image from video obtained by The Associated Press, security forces carry the body of an unidentified individual in the Sein Pann ward of Mandalay, Myanmar. (Photo | AP) By Associated Press
NAYPYITAW: Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop.
Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an oncoming motorbike carrying three young men.
Myanmarâs junta using bodies to terrorize
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Hnin Twel Tar Aung, girlfriend of 17-year old Kyaw Min Latt, cries while holding his photo before his cremation in Dawei, Myanmar, on April 1, 2021. (Dawei Watch via AP)
Two black pickups speed down an empty city street in Myanmar before coming to a sudden stop. Security forces standing in the back of the trucks begin firing at an oncoming motorbike carrying three young men.
The bike swerves, crashing into a gate. More shots are fired as two of the passengers run away, while the third, Kyaw Min Latt, remains on the ground. Moans are heard as officers grab the wounded 17-year-old from the pavement, throwing his limp body into a truck bed before driving off.