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The military in Myanmar shot and killed a seven-year-old girl in her own home during a raid. About the incident “BBC” was told by the child's family.
According to the older sister of the deceased, the military knocked down the door to their house and asked her father if he was hiding someone. When he replied in the negative, the military refused to take his word for it and began to search the house. At some point, seven-year-old Khin Myo Chit ran to her father to sit on his lap. The military opened fire on her and killed the child.
The girl became the youngest victim of the violent crackdown on ongoing protests in the country. A total of 164 people were killed during the demonstrations, military officials said, while the opposition Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners reports at least 261 killed.
On February 1, a coup d'état took place in Myanmar. The military did not agree with the outcome of the fall elections, in which the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party won a decisive victory. The military announced the dissolution of the government and detained the President of Myanmar, Vin Myin, and the leader of the party, Aung San Suu Kyi, who served as a state adviser and foreign minister.
After a while, protests began in the country in support of the ousted government. During the dispersal of the protesters, the police repeatedly opened fire with live ammunition. According to human rights activists, at least 60 people died during the entire demonstration, more than two thousand were arrested.
