A seven-year-old girl was shot dead as she ran terrified from soldiers and into her dad’s arms.
Khin Myo Chit’s devastated father said ‘I’m so sad, I can’t feel it anymore’ after the horrifying killing by Myanmar’s brutal junta forces on Tuesday.
The girl is the youngest known victim of the savage crackdown which continues to grip the country after a coup last month.
Demonstrations have left at least 275 people dead as security forces use lethal force to quell unrest, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners.
The deposed President U Win Myint and Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the civilian government, remain locked up after the military coup.
In the latest shocking act of savage violence soldiers reportedly shot and killed the child at her home in Mandalay on Tuesday.
U Maung Ko Hashin Bai spoke of his devastation after the killing
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Speaking to Sky News her grief-stricken dad, U Maung Ko Hashin Bai, said: “They came into the house, they broke the doors and they were shooting inside.
“The child was really scared and she was shouting and they were saying ‘this not is scary’ and then they started shooting again.
“They were beating up her brother. Then they asked her as she was running towards me ‘are you the one who is scared?’- and then they shot her.
“After she got shot they brought her to me and I was carrying her and running on the street. She died on the way, she didn’t even reach the clinic.
A candle vigil was organized by Myanmar citizens living in India in tribute to those who have died (Image: REUTERS)
Protesters detained by police after anti-coup demonstrations were released this week (Image: REUTERS)
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“I’m so sad, I can’t feel it anymore, I’m so sad.”
Disturbing photos of the incident appeared to show Khin Myo Chit, the youngest of eight children, had been shot in the stomach.
Her dad went on to say that his son, who he said was beaten up and taken by the junta forces, is still missing.
Myanmar Now reports that soldiers had later returned to take away the child’s body, but the family had already gone into hiding.
The brutal crackdown has left many people dead (Image: REUTERS)
Anti-coup demonstrations and protests are continuing (Image: via REUTERS)
The girl’s sister May Thu said: “They broke down the doors and ransacked the house. We were on the run because we were afraid they would come and take her body.”
Khin Myo Chit was buried at a Muslim cemetery with just a few close relatives present on Wednesday.
The military has not commented on the incident.
There has been widespread international condemnation of the ruling junta in Myanmar since a coup in the country last month.
The military has tried to justify the takeover by saying a November election won by Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy was fraudulent.
There has been widespread condemnation of the country’s military (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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The accusation has been thrown out by the electoral commission and while military leaders have promised a new election no date has been set.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people arrested in crackdowns on protests were freed on Wednesday.
Several buses filled with prisoners drove out of Yangon’s Insein Prison in the morning but there was no official tally of how many had been freed.
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and Aung San Suu Kyi, who is still locked up (Image: HEIN HTET/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)
A member of a legal advisory group who said he saw 15 buses leaving was reported to have said: “All the released are the ones arrested due to the protests, as well as night arrests or those who were out to buy something.”
The Assistance Association for Political Prisoners activist group says at least 2,000 people have been arrested in the military crackdown on protests that broke out following the coup on February 1.
UNICEF said the security forces’ tactics were taking a devastating toll on children, with at least 23 killed and 11 others seriously injured since the crisis began.
“Terror is not democracy” the U.S. Embassy said in a Twitter post condemning the deaths of children.
