Article 5SV53 Eleven villagers shot and burned alive by Myanmar soldiers, reports say

Eleven villagers shot and burned alive by Myanmar soldiers, reports say

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Outrage spreads on social media over alleged massacre of people rounded up by government troops in Sagaing region

Myanmar soldiers rounded up and killed 11 people in a village, shooting and then setting them on fire, according to people in the area and local media reports.

Photos and a video purporting to show charred corpses in Don Taw village in the Sagaing region of Myanmar's north-west circulated on Tuesday while outrage spread on social media.

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