Myanmar Military Reverts to Strategy of Massacres, Burnings

Associated PressPublished: December 30, 2021

FILE PHOTO: CHIBA, JAPAN - MAY 28: Myanmar people residing in Japan shouts their slogan holding signs that read 'This national team is not representing our citizens' and 'We don't support terrorists Military's bloody players!' during the protest against the military coup prior to the FIFA World Cup Asian qualifier second round match between Japan and Myanmar at Fukuda Denshi Arena on May 28, 2021 in Chiba, Japan. (Photo by Koji Watanabe/Getty Images)

By SAM McNEIL, DAVID RISING and RISHABH R. JAIN, Associated Press

BANGKOK (AP) — An AP investigation reveals signs Myanmar's military is reverting to a strategy of massacres as a weapon of war.

The massacres and scorched-earth tactics - such as the razing of entire villages - represent the latest escalation in the military's violence against both civilians and the growing opposition.

Since the military seized power in February, it has cracked down ever more brutally, abducting young men and boys, killing health care workers and torturing prisoners.

They signal a return to practices that the military has long used against ethnic minorities but this time, the military is also using the same methods against people and villages of its own Buddhist Bamar ethnic majority.

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