In a harrowing incident in northwest Myanmar, two young men, Phoe Tay and Thar Htaung, met a gruesome fate at the hands of a pro-junta militia. The men, part of a local armed resistance group, were captured during a battle against the military and subjected to unspeakable torture and a horrific execution.
Witnesses recount the chilling details of the events that unfolded on November 7 last year. The men were dragged, bloodied and bound, through a village where they were ultimately strung up to a tree and burned alive. The brutality of their deaths, captured on video, serves as a stark reminder of the atrocities being committed in Myanmar.
