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| 📷 Courtesy of Free Burma Rangers |
The father was instantly killed when Myanmar’s military dropped a bomb on their small bamboo home. But his three-year-old son miraculously survived.
Last week's airstrikes were the first in more than 20 years in Myanmar’s Karen state, shattering an already fragile peace in an area where ethnic armed groups have clashed with the military since independence.
They also took place during the worst bloodshed since the Feb. 1 coup, as security forces killed more than 100 people on Saturday an attempt to crush opposition to the junta after it ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
The overall death toll now stands at more than 500, according to the Assistance Association of Political Prisoners.
That includes 27-year-old Saw Aye Lay Htoo, the father of toddler Saw Ta Eh Ka Lu Moo Taw.
The three-year-old boy was sitting in his father’s lap when the attack occurred on their home in northern Karen state near the border with Thailand, according to Dave Eubank, founder of Christian humanitarian group called Free Burma Rangers, which provided medical assistance.
The father was killed instantly, but the boy received a light shrapnel wound to the head which was patched up.
The airstrike came just days after a nearby village was shelled with mortar fire injuring two villagers, including a five-year-old. At least 38 minors have been killed in the two-month crackdown, according to monitors.
“Villagers were confused why the Burma Army fired into the village without any provocation or reason,”
: VWN
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