Myanmar's military government has denied reports of a new mass killing of civilians by its troops, instead blaming pro-democracy resistance groups for the deaths of more than 20 people, including three Buddhist monks and a woman.
Members of armed resistance groups opposed to the military government have said the bodies of 22 people were found late Saturday in the compound of the Buddhist monastery in Nam Nein village, in the southern part of Shan State in eastern Myanmar. They blamed the army for the deaths.
Critics of the military say there is strong evidence that the army has repeatedly carried out war crimes since seizing power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Opposition to military rule has turned into what some UN experts have described as a civil war. Those released on social media by the anti-government Karenni Nationalities Defence Force showed monks and other men with apparent bullet wounds lying near and against the wall of the monastery's main building. They also show pools of blood and bullet holes dotting the wall.
The Karenni guerrilla, who asked not to be identified because of fear of reprisals by the military, acknowledged that his forces had not witnessed the killings, but had only seen the bodies when they entered the village late Saturday and took photos. He strongly denied the resistance forces had been responsible for the killings, as had been alleged by the army and its supporters.
"When terrorist groups violently opened fire, it was seen that some villagers were killed and injured," the military's spokesperson said in an interview published Tuesday in the state-run Global New Light of Myanmar newspaper.
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