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Husband and wife shot dead on motorbike by junta’s armed forces in Tamu

April 15, 2021/in News

The bodies of the couple, who were parents to three children, were found in a ditch, locals say A couple was shot and killed by regime troops in the Indian-Sagaing border town of Tamu on Tuesday morning, and their bodies later discovered in a roadside ditch, residents told Myanmar Now. Kishan Goutam and Harimaya Goutam […]

Regime’s forces kill two, loot donations from mosque from during attack on small town in Mandalay Region

April 15, 2021/in News

‘The situation is not good at all here,’ a rescue worker from Myitnge said The coup regime’s forces shot dead two civilians and injured six others in the town of Myitnge, Mandalay Region, on Tuesday, according to residents. The two men who died were from the town’s Yankin ward and their bodies were cremated at […]

Husband and wife shot dead on motorbike by junta’s armed forces in Tamu

April 15, 2021/in News

Regime’s forces kill two, loot donations from mosque from during attack on small town in Mandalay Region

April 15, 2021/in News

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Husband and wife shot dead on motorbike by junta’s armed forces in Tamu

April 15, 2021/in News

The bodies of the couple, who were parents to three children, were found in a ditch, locals say

A couple was shot and killed by regime troops in the Indian-Sagaing border town of Tamu on Tuesday morning, and their bodies later discovered in a roadside ditch, residents told Myanmar Now.

Kishan Goutam and Harimaya Goutam were on their motorbike when they were shot on the Pahe Bridge, locals said.

The husband and wife belonged to the Myanmar Gurkha community and raised cows for a living. At the time they were killed, they were carrying containers of milk, which it is believed they were going to sell.

“The Gurkha couple had milk and a motorbike, and they were dumped in a ditch,” a resident told Myanmar Now on the condition of anonymity.

Their bodies were picked up by a local relief group and sent to a hospital morgue. The couple were parents, and left behind one daughter and two sons.

Fearing that troops would seize the bodies, the Goutams’ family members held a funeral for the slain couple on Tuesday afternoon in accordance with Nepali Gurkha tradition.

Myanmar Now could not confirm their exact ages at the time of reporting, but Kishan Goutam is believed to have been in his late 40s, and Harimaya Goutam was in her 30s.

On Tuesday afternoon, one woman and three men in Tamu were also arrested by the junta’s armed forces. On Wednesday morning, police and soldiers carried out searches in two wards of the town, according to residents.

“There was no shooting so far this morning. They searched the houses of those who were suspected of joining [anti-coup] protests and activities,” a resident said on Wednesday.

Prior to the murder of the Goutams, five people had been killed by the armed forces in the border town since the February 1 coup.

On April 1, one week after the first casualty in the town was reported, an anti-coup group killed five policemen during an attack on a police outpost. The leader of the group, a local policeman who had defected to the civil disobedience movement, was also killed.

On Saturday, locals ambushed a convoy of junta troops as they were entering the town to suppress protests. Using homemade hunting rifles, they killed at least three soldiers. Two civilians also died in the clash.

One day later, a sniper shot and killed a motorcyclist who was driving past a district police station in the town.

Many Tamu residents have fled to India following the murders, raids and arrests perpetrated by the regime’s troops.

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, regime forces have killed more than 700 civilians nationwide since the military seized power.

Myanmar Now

Regime’s forces kill two, loot donations from mosque from during attack on small town in Mandalay Region

April 15, 2021/in News

‘The situation is not good at all here,’ a rescue worker from Myitnge said

The coup regime’s forces shot dead two civilians and injured six others in the town of Myitnge, Mandalay Region, on Tuesday, according to residents.

The two men who died were from the town’s Yankin ward and their bodies were cremated at the Myitnge Myoma Cemetery at 9am on Wednesday.

The shooting began when regime forces tried to detain a civil servant who had gone on strike and joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM), a local said.

“They came to arrest a civil servant doing CDM,” she said. “The residents came out to protest and they started shooting at them.”

“They have been shooting all day today too. So we cannot go outside,” she told Myanmar Now on Wednesday.

At around 2pm on Wednesday, soldiers destroyed barricades set up by locals and shot at houses in Thazin ward, she added.

A donation box at a local mosque was also destroyed and the money inside was taken by the soldiers, a resident said.

“We still don’t know how much money they took. They’re still blocking the area so we cannot go outside,” they added.

The military’s spokesperson could not be reached for comment regarding the killing of the two men and the looting.

Soldiers also began shooting in the nearby village of Hpa Paung on Wednesday evening, according to locals, though they were unable to give further details at the time of reporting.

A man who was injured by soldiers on Tuesday in Myitnge, Mandalay Region (Supplied)

A relief worker from Myitnge said volunteers to help treat injured people and collect dead bodies have become scarce because of the dangers of doing such work.

He added that a man was shot dead on Tuesday in the town of Sintgaing, about 16km from Myitnge. “We cremated his body immediately on the same day. I can’t tell you the details. The situation is not good at all here,” he said.

More than 100 people have been protesting daily in Myitnge, residents there said.

According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a group that has been monitoring violence and arrests since the February 1 coup, the new regime has now killed at least 715 people, including more than 40 children.

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