On Monday, a 16-year-old girl had been killed by the Junta's security forces by a sniper on a hill some 1,000 feet from the village.

The incident happened on Chaunggyi village of Thabeikkyin Township in Mandalay Region.

Ma Thida Aye was shot twice by a sniper from a hill while the children were sitting in the house behind her house.

According to her father U Win Kyaing, she had gone to her friend's house after hearing gunshots in the village.

Kyaing said, “She was 16 and would be in 11th grade if schools had not been closed due to COVID-19.”

Her friend also suffered the injury and was sent to Shwebo Hospital for treatment.

Her father said he was concerned that the soldiers would grab and snatch her body.

“She was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital,” said  Kyaing.

“Security forces were deployed on the main bridge that we must pass along if we were to carry her body back to the village. We were concerned that the soldiers would grab her body. So we buried her in Singu,” he added.

There were reports that at least five people being killed when military personnel opened fire in Kyayhtaukpauk Village in Singu.