internally within the government or by the police. soldiers in myanmar have been accused of killing thirteen people from one village in retaliation for bomb attacks on a military convoy. locals say militias targeted a road used by the military. they say the military captured six men and five teenage boys in retribution, shot them and set their bodies alight. the village is near the city of monywa in an area that has seen strong resistance to the militaryjunta that seized power earlier this year. johnathan head has the details. even after the shocking levels of violence we have seen in myanmar since the coup, this was a truly horrifying incident. it took place near monywa and near a controversial chinese run copper mine which have embedded a tradition of dissent and protest in this area. there were very big protests against the junta in monywa after the coup. a number of well known figures there, including some poets,
soldiers in myanmar have been accused of killing 13 people from one village in retaliation for bomb attacks on a military convoy. locals say militias targeted a road used by the military. they say the military captured six men and five teenage boys in retribution, shot them and set their bodies alight. the village is near the city of monywa in an area that has seen strong resistance to the military junta that seized power earlier this year. jonathan head has the details. well, even after the shocking levels of violence we ve levels of violence we ve seen in myanmar since the coup, this was a truly horrifying incident. it took place near monywa and near a controversial chinese run copper mine which have embedded a tradition dissent and protest in this area. there were very big protests against the junta in monywa after the coup. a number of well known figures there, including some poets, died resisting the military regime. and there have been clashes where villages have been emptied by