Naypyidaw: According to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group, more than 30 people including woman and children, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday.
The two staff were travelling to their home villages for the year-end holidays when they were caught up in the violence in the eastern state, Save the Children said in a statement late on Saturday.
“We have confirmation that their private vehicle was attacked and burned out,” the statement said.
Opposition groups on Saturday blamed the military, which seized power from a civilian government in February, for the carnage on Friday near Mo So village of Hpruso town.
Junta spokesman General Zaw Mun Tun did not answer his telephone on Sunday. Reuters could not independently verify Saturday’s accounts of the attack from a local resident, media reports and a local human rights group.
State media reported army troops had fired on and killed an unspecified number of “terrorists with weapons” from armed opposition forces fighting the military government.
Photos shared by Karenni Human Rights Group and local media showed the charred remains of bodies on burnt-out truckbeds.
A villager told Reuters on Saturday that he had seen 32 bodies, while Save the Children said at least 38 people were killed.
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