Myanmar – Escalation and Tensions Rise: Locals say Junta Burned down Village

Violence is still plaguing Myanmar months after the country’s military overthrew the civilian government by staging a coup. In their latest attempt to suppress public resistance, security forces have reportedly burned down most of a central village. Several villagers, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Reuters on Wednesday that security forces set fire to scores of rural homes after clashing with local opponents of the junta in Kin Ma, a village in Magway Region a day earlier. Two people are known to have burned to death. The victims were elderly residents who had been unable to flee their home during the…