At least 35 people, including two employees of Save The Children, were killed on December 24th in the east of the country.
Le Monde with AFP
The UN Security Council has convicted, Wednesday, December 29, a massacre attributed to the Burmese army, after which the calcined remnants of at least 35 people, including two employees of Save the Children, were discovered In the east of Burma. Four children are also among the victims, according to the Council, who emphasized in a statement “the need for those responsible for these acts”.
The members of the Council also claimed the immediate end of the violence and recalled “the importance of respecting human rights and to guarantee the safety of civilians”.
The NGO Save The Children has indicated Tuesday that two of its employees had been killed on December 24 in an attack “committed by the Burmese military in the state of Kayah”, in the east of Burma. According to the Myanmar Witness observatory, “35 people, including children and women, were burned and killed by the military on December 24 in the canton of HPruso”.
The United States want an embargo. on weapons
A junta spokesman had admitted Saturday that clashes had erupted in this area Friday, and that the soldiers had killed a number of people, without giving more details.
After this massacre, the United States renewed their call to impose a weapons embargo for Burma.
Burma is prey to chaos since the February coup, and more than 1,300 people were killed as part of the suppression led by the armed forces, according to a local NGO.