The junta has killed 81 civilians in Sagaing Region’s Kanbulu District in the year from November 2021 to November 2022, according to the Kyunhla Activist Organisation.

According to the organisation’s statement released on 18 December the 81 civilians were shot, burned alive, and killed after being apprehended by junta soldiers.

It said that of the murdered people, 19 were from Kyunhla Township and 62 from Kanbalu Township, both in Kanbulu District.

Of those murdered, three were juveniles. They were Aung Myint Myat (age 5) of Meikthalinkone Village, Paing Set Htoo (age 13) of Zeekanar Village, and Win Win Thu (age 17) of Hlyawphyukone Village in Kanbalu Township.

Aung Myint Myat was murdered on 9 September 2022 and Paing Set Htoo was murdered on 3 November 2022. Both e=were killed by artillery shells fired by the junta.

Win Win Thu, an eighth-grade student, was murdered on 5 November 2022 after being arrested along with 13 other internally displaced people (IDPs) whilst they were fleeing to the jungle away from fighting.

According to the Kyunhla Activist organization, over 10,000 locals have fled their homes in Kanbulu District due to fighting and because they are scared by the junta troops in the are