BURMA ARMY ATROCITIES
KAREN STATE
May 2006
Source: Free Burma Rangers
Caution: many of the images that follow are very strong.
A sixteen year old boy who was shot by a Burma Army soldier on March 8, 2006.
He was shot three times. His father and brother were killed in the same attack.
The remains of Saw Maw Keh, 34, who was killed by the Burma Army on March 27,
2006.
The wife and children of Saw Maw Keh.
Saw Maw Keh's daughter, Naw Eh Ywa Paw, who was also shot.
Karen men tortured and killed by the Burma Army, March 2006.
A woman who is the sister and the daughter of the men, at their cremation.
The remains of a villager who was tortured and killed by the Burma Army in early
April.
A church that was burned down by the Burma Army, now being rebuilt.
Pots destroyed by the Burma Army, April 2006.
Anti-personnel landmines commonly used by the Burma Army against the Karen and
Karenni peoples.
U.S. made M14 mine on the right and a copy on the left. Both found in Karen
State. The Burma Army is known to have planted a large quantity of the copies
since 2004. The source of the copies is unknown.
Bottom views. The copy is on the left and the M14 is on the right. How did the
Burma Army get U.S. landmines?
Saw Du Shwe being treated after stepping on a Burma Army landmine, March 2006.
Karen nurse Naw Bey Bey, second from right wearing red, who was captured - kidnapped
- by the Burma Army in late January 2006.
Burma Army soldiers, from Light Infantry Battalion 440, which is known to have
attacked Tha Kler La village in December 2005.
Officer Klay Soe Klee Jan, of IB75, which is known to have burned down Hee Daw
Kaw village, and which also laid the landmine which blew off the foot of a seventy-five
year old Karen man in November 2005.
The seventy-five year old landmine victim, with the medic who performed the
amputation using a Leatherman tool.