Family mourns death of 13-year-old killed during Myanmar protests

Record ID: 1608726

  • Title: Family mourns death of 13-year-old killed during Myanmar protests
  • Date: 29th March 2021
  • Summary: YANGON, MYANMAR (MARCH 28, 2021) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SURROUNDING OPEN CASKET OF 13-YEAR OLD SAI WAI YAN, ALSO KNOWN AS WAI YAN TUN SAI WAI YAN INSIDE CASKET VARIOUS OF YOUNG BOY AND MOURNERS CRYING OVER CASKET VARIOUS OF SAI WAI YAN'S FAMILY MEMBERS PRAYING IN CEREMONY MOURNERS CRYING OVER SAI WAI YAN'S CASKET PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF SAI WAI YAN IN CASKET SAI WAI YAN'S GRANDMOTHER (RED SHIRT) KHIN KHIN SHWE BEING CONSOLED WHILE SHE CRIES VARIOUS OF PEOPLE STANDING AROUND SAI WAI YAN'S CASKET AND RAISING THREE-FINGER SALUTE PEOPLE SINGING REVOLUTION SONG AROUND SAI WAI YAN'S CASKET SAI WAI YAN INSIDE CASKET PEOPLE TAKING PICTURES OF SAI WAI YAN IN CASKET PEOPLE BRINGING SAI WAI YAN'S COFFIN OUT TO INCINERATOR AND CHANTING SAI WAI YAN'S MOTHER (PINK SHIRT), KHIN SU HLAING, CRYING NEAR SAI WAI YAN'S CASKET AND CHANTING PROTEST SLOGAN (Burmese): "TO RESUME DEMOCRACY! OUR TASK! OUR TASK!" SAI WAI YAN'S CASKET ENTERING INCINERATOR (SOUNDBITE) (Burmese) SAI WAI YAN'S MOTHER, KHIN SU HLAING, SAYING: "Oh, my dear son, you are leaving us. As you wished, they (security forces) won't be forgiven till the end. I pray for our Myanmar people to achieve victory as you want to see. Your wish will be fulfilled." SMOKE FROM INCINERATOR RISING FROM CHIMNEY
  • Embargoed: 12th April 2021 16:49
  • Keywords: Myanmar Sai wai yan coup crackdown death funeral military teenager violence
  • Location: YANGON, MYANMAR
  • City: YANGON, MYANMAR
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
  • Reuters ID: LVA001E64WFUV
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES
    A funeral for a 13-year boy killed in the bloodiest day since Myanmar's coup was held in Yangon on Sunday (March 28).
    Family and friends of Sai Wai Yan, one of the 114 people killed on Saturday (March 27), gathered around his coffin and wept.
    On Saturday barricades had been set up in an area where the boy, who is also known as Wai Yan Tun, was playing in a back street. Troops opened fire although there were no protests, residents said, and he was shot and killed.
    Based on a tally by the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners advocacy group, 464 civilians have been killed since the coup.
    Myanmar's military seized power on Feb. 1 saying that November elections won by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's party were fraudulent, an assertion dismissed by the election commission.
    (Production: Juarawee Kittisilpa, Michael Fiorentino, Mindy Burrows)
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