More than 30 dead have been burned at the Kayah State in Myanmar Conflict News

A human rights group says the elderly, women and children are among the dead in Myanmar’s military government.

More than 30 people, including women and children, have been killed and their bodies burned in the devastated Myanmar conflict in Kayah State, according to a local human rights group, the media and a neighbor.

The Karenni Human Rights Group said it had found the bodies of internally displaced people – including the elderly, women and children – killed by military authorities in Myanmar near the town of Mo So in Hpruso on Saturday.

“We strongly condemn the brutal murder and cruelty that violates human rights,” the group said in a Facebook post.

State media reported that the Myanmar army had shot and killed a number of “armed terrorists” from the opposition armed forces in the village.

People were in seven vehicles and there were no military stops, he said.

Photographs shared by human rights groups and local media showed the remains of the bodies in the beds of the burned trucks.

The Karenni National Defense Force is one of the largest civilian militias against the generals led by one. February 1 coup, said the dead were not their members, but civilians seeking refuge from the conflict.

“We were so shocked to see that all the dead were of different sizes, including children, women and the elderly,” a group commander told Reuters news agency.

A resident who asked not to be named for security reasons said he was aware of the fire on Friday night but could not go to the scene because there was a constant shooting.

“I went to see him this morning. I saw the burnt bodies and the children’s and women’s clothes spread out, ”he told Reuters by telephone.

Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi almost 11 months ago, alleging fraud. His party won the November election.

International observers say the vote was fair.

Earlier this month, a Myanmar court found Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of political motives and sentenced her to arrest in an undisclosed location.

Aung San Suu Kyi, who was tried in court on Monday, was initially sentenced to four years in prison. The sentence was reduced after a partial pardon by coup leader and army chief Min Aung Hlaing, state television reported.

Civilians who were angry at the coup and the crackdown on protesters are taking up arms. Many local resistance forces have sprung up across the country.

The military has outlawed many opponents, calling them traitors or terrorists, including a self-proclaimed National Union government that seeks to prevent the international community from lobbying and consolidating power.