Myanmar junta kills three fleeing conscripts in Ayeyarwady

Three young soldiers who fled the front lines in Ayeyarwady Region were executed by Myanmar junta forces on April 7 after being recaptured, according to eyewitnesses.

With their hands tied behind their backs, the victims were reportedly shot dead one by one. The new recruits were around 20-years-old, who had recently been conscripted under the military service law.

“There’s a small stupa in front of the monastery where the three of them were killed,”  a witness told Myanmar Now. “All three were shot dead there. I arrived just after they were killed.”