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Myanmar security forces kill seven-year-old girl in her home in Mandalay
A seven-year-old girl has been killed in her home in Myanmar after security forces opened fire in the second-largest city, Mandalay.
Key points:
- Save the Children said at least 17 children were still held in arbitrary detention
- A 14-year-old boy was also shot dead in his home on Monday
- Security forces have occupied more than 60 schools and university campuses
Witnesses said the girl had been shot inside her home when security forces opened fire in a suburb of the city.
Soldiers shot at her father but hit the girl, who was sitting on his lap, her sister told Myanmar Now media outlet.
The girl is the youngest victim so far in a crackdown against opposition to last month’s military coup.
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