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Re:Images from a ‘Day of Shame’ in Myanmar, with Scores Shot... by Clewza313 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @02:20AM (#26608413)
The title is mangled: there is no single image of "scores dead", but there are credible reports of 90+ deaths, making Saturday by far the worst day so far.
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Re:Images from a ‘Day of Shame’ in Myanmar, with Scores Shot... by aaron695 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @07:06AM (#26609349)
> there are credible reports of 90+ deaths

Not doubting it, but if we are going to look at images we must acknowledge a child blinded by a rubber bullet in the NYT article means they are not firing live ammunition.

The child with their hand missing on Twitter, shows they are using live ammunition.

I would say the burnt body photos of Aye Ko are the most concerning. To have wounded him then burned him alive on burning tires is a move towards brutality I don't understand from a military on the general population in a non failed state. Since these solders are the general population, the news is not indicating this is sectarian.

Death toll sources -

Some are using - https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/cities-terrorised-as-jun...

BBC used - https://aappb.org/?p=13901

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Re:Images from a ‘Day of Shame’ in Myanmar, with Scores Shot... by baybal2 on Sunday March 28, 2021 @07:27AM (#26609442)
> Since these solders are the general population, the news is not indicating this is sectarian.

How the military works in Burma.

Soldiers are recruited from poorest, and least educated parts of the country from the young age - prople easiest to brainwash into belief of their entitlements, speciality, and other moral corruption.

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