A 7-year-old girl, Khin Myo Chit, was cold-heartedly gunned down in her own home by Myanmar police, as she was running towards her father.
The Myanmar police were raiding the family’s home to “search for weapons and make arrests”.
They kicked the door down and asked the father if there were any other people in the house.
The family had tried to barricade the entrance of their home with bicycles but it was to no avail.
The father told the police that there weren’t any people home, to which the police said that he was lying.
They reportedly said “Don’t lie to us old man”, before they fired a warning shot.
The police then began searching the house and little Khin Myo Chit ran over to her father, wanting to sit on his lap.
The Myanmar police then fired a shot at the little girl.
The girl’s last words to her father was: “I can’t father, it’s too painful…”
She then died half an hour later.
The father couldn’t bring himself to look at the “security” forces after his little girl was shot, he just ran and carried her.
She was then rushed away in a car to seek medical attention.
The father also added that the police arrested his 19-year-old son and beat him up.
The Myanmar military has yet to comment on the little girl’s death, at the time of writing.
However, the military blamed them for “causing chaos and violence” in the country.
Save The Children, a rights group, have said that more than 20 children have been killed.
The Myanmar military has said that 164 people have been killed in the protests, although the estimated death toll is at least 261.
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