Junta troops shoot a villager to death

A  Burmese patrol from Light Infantry Battalion 246 based in Kunhing township, Southern Shan State, led by Sergeant Aung Kyaw Moe, shot a villager to death in Laikam on July 3, said a source from Kunhing.

The troops reportedly went to old deserted villages in the area to hunt for a cow or two for meat. One of the two boys who were herding their cattle, by the name of Waling, 16, was soon spotted by the troop and shot on the head. The other boy, Sai Awng, 12, was accused as an insurgent spy and threatened to be killed. He then was ordered to catch a cow for them.

The boy, pretending to be looking for a cow in the nearby area, fled to his village and informed about Waling's death to his parents and the village headman. But no one dared to file complaints about the murder to the authorities.