They denounce new extrajudicial executions at the hands of the Army in Burma

March 5 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Burmese rebel groups have denounced that in the last week at least seven civilians have been killed in the villages of the
Sagaing region, in the north of the country.

The soldiers reportedly set fire to at least five villages, including Moat Soe Choung, Taw Taw and Kyee Kan. The soldiers have rounded up the villagers and have executed seven people for considering them affiliated with the rebel armed groups.

“We continue to work on the count of burned houses. Some people are still detained. We can verify that at least six people have been killed in Kyee Kan,” explained a spokesman for the Wetlet Information Network, quoted by the ‘Irrawaddy’ portal.

On Friday alone, 56 houses were destroyed in Saing Naing Gyi village and another nine were set on fire in Saing Naing Lay. In both villages, significant rice reserves were reportedly burned.

“Our silo was full of rice. It’s all we had to last the whole year, but now it’s gone,” lamented Daw Mya Tin, a 45-year-old neighbor in Saing Naing Gyi, who hides in the jungle as a thousands more villagers.

At least five soldiers were killed in clashes with Wetlet-based Nagar Min People’s Defense Force guerrillas on Friday, according to Irrawaddy.

Burma has been mired in civil war since the coup. In about a year, more than 2,500 people have been killed in the operations carried out by the junta and another 17,500 have been detained, according to data from the Association of Assistance for Political Prisoners of Burma (AAPP).