Burning bodies thread
🚨BURNT BODIES
17 claims involving the burning of victims or their bodies in Myanmar (July 2021 - August 2022).
This list is not exhaustive and includes some credible but unverified claims where further evidence is required.
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🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 1/17
Unverified media report AUNGMYAYTHAZAN, Mandalay 27 March 2021
“Armed forces burnt a Mandalay resident alive after shooting him in the chest” https://www.myanmar-now.org/en/news/help-me-mother-mandalay-resident-shot-and-burnt-alive-by-juntas-troops
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 2/17 ✅ Geolocated images
KANI, Sagaing
28 JULY 2021 “The 11 men were massacred and set on fire” Letter from Ambassador Kyaw Moe Tun
May Wong (“multiple bodies”): https://twitter.com/MayWongCNA/status/1421837364599541767?s=20
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 3/17
✅ Verified
SALINGYI, Sagaing
7 December 2021 “Shouts and protests heard as the military shot and burned people to death in Don Taw village” Khitthit Media https://www.facebook.com/khitthitnews/posts/194560849532867/
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 4/17
✅ Verified
MOSO, Kayah
24 December 2021 35 victims were burnt alive, Myanmar Witness geolocated and verified events at Moso.
https://www.myanmarwitness.org/reports/moso-village-christmas-eve-killings
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 5/17
Images of burnt bodies, not yet verified.
KHIN U, Sagaing
25 & 26 January 2022 “SAC militants burnt some dead bodies”
https://myanmar.liveuamap.com/en/2022/26-january-khinu-sagaing--houses-were-set-alight-by-sac-militants
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 6/17
✅ Verified
WETLET, Sagaing
3 Feb 2022 Myanmar Witness was able to geolocate footage showing a number of burnt bodies just outside Thit Seint Gyi village. https://www.myanmarwitness.org/reports/verification-of-burned-bodies-in-sagaing
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 7/17
Media report, unverified.
KANI, Sagaing
20 February 2022
“After the soldiers left, the PDF members found a burned body in the village.”
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 8/17
Images of burnt bodies, as yet unverified.
KATHA, Sagaing
30 April 2022 “4 innocent villagers were burnt to death by the army”
https://twitter.com/Khithitofficial/status/1522842048852008960
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 9/17
✅ Verified that burnt bodies were found
YE-U, Sagaing
10 May 2022
Claims that villagers found 27 burnt bodies. https://www.facebook.com/khitthitnews/posts/pfbid02FL2wXquqoRU5UW7bHDmEax4w9tL7R9gMBagdVNkZeAyK2oUiFECVWPeJ9vJiG31kl?_rdc=1&_rdr
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 10/17
Images of burnt bodies, unverified
KWEHTAUNT village
28 May 2022
It is claimed the 2 men were shot and their bodies burnt for riding a motorcycle together. https://twitter.com/LaMinMgMaung/status/1530492654558908418
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 11/17
Unverified media reports
CHAUNG U, Sagaing
Jun 18-20 2022
Five bodies found, some burnt according to RFA. https://www.rfa.org/burmese/program_2/five-bodies-found-dead-in-chaung-u-township-06212022070811.html
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 12/17
Claim with related geolocated images.
THATON, Mon
25 June 2022
The bodies of 3 villagers were found in the ashes of burnt houses according to HURFOM.
https://twitter.com/HURFOM/status/1551361202949083136
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 13/17
Footage of burnt bodies KYI SU, Sagaing
20 July 2022
Video filmed by a local resistance group shows burned bodies found in Kyi Su
https://myanmar-now.net/en/news/12-villagers-found-dead-in-latest-sagaing-massacre
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 14/17
Media report with unverified images.
PAUK, Magway
28 July 2022
2 villagers shot in the mouth and their bodies burnt (Khit thit). https://www.facebook.com/khitthitnews/posts/pfbid02SX7TcadRDipzBYGoZ8ePmKgGjZG4h4sk3gWcQGFx91vW8RL74CzgNTxG2fW631y4l
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 15/17
Images of burnt bodies
DEPEYIN, Sagaing
11 August 2022
It is claimed a civilian was burnt to death with a motorcycle. https://www.facebook.com/myaelattathan/posts/pfbid0YL9fDZFGMA9aDNHzksjKCo1UKhRtuuEd1t9gukVFcfh8eXvHGvYLvZJ9uq92Ssp1l
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 16/17
More footage required to verify
TEDIM, Chin
14 August 2022
2 teenagers’ bodies covered from ashes of burnt buildings. https://www.facebook.com/theirrawaddy/posts/pfbid027aULXbKetZitcLEFR5SqfqWxHBXmbEVgMmtWYbk3X4EKigBriZXP1CPTASQeRAUSl
🔴 Burnt Bodies in Myanmar
🟡 Claim 17/17
Claim with related geolocated images
YINMARBIN, Sagaing
14 August 2022
It is claimed that 30 bodies were found in a truck. This is not yet verified, but Myanmar Witness has geolocated the truck.
https://twitter.com/MyanmarWitness/status/1560557856382132224
Some incidents in the above thread on the burning of bodies in Myanmar involve claims which are not yet verified.
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