NAYPYIDAW: Security forces for Myanmar’s military regime are using battlefield weapons on unarmed protestors and carrying out premeditated killings orchestrated by their commanding officers, Amnesty International (AI) said on Thursday. “These Myanmar military tactics are far from new, but their killing sprees have never before been live streamed for the world to see,” Joanne Mariner, AI’s director of crisis response, said in a new report. “Not only does this incident show a reckless disregard for human life, making sport of shooting live rounds at protesters, it also reveals deliberate coordination among security forces,” Mariner said. Another clip, taken off Twitter from March 3, shows personnel leading a man towards a larger group of security forces in Yangon. “The weaponry deployed by the Tatmadaw (Myanmar Armed Forces) reveals a deliberate and dangerous escalation in tactics,” Mariner said.

Source: Manila Times March 11, 2021 16:46 UTC