Myanmar military kills at least 11 civilians in raids along Magway-Sagaing border

Junta raids on villages along the border between Magway and Sagaing regions left at least 11 civilians dead last week, according to local residents and resistance forces.On March 3, a column of regime troops entered the village of Myay Zun Taw in Magway’s Yesagyo Township, killing two women and seven men. Two more bodies, both men, were also discovered in the neighbouring village of Ma La Kar Chan, sources said.“Most of the victims were elderly people who had been detained by the soldiers and who were later shot dead,” a member of the Yesgayo Township People’s Defence Team told Myanmar Now.Myay Zun Taw is located on the eastern bank of the Chindwin River about three miles east of the junta-controlled town of Yesagyo.According to a resistance fighter who entered the village after the column left on March 5, most of its homes had. . .