Junta burns village

Government troops in Myanmar have burned most of a village in the country’s central heartland, a resident said yesterday, confirming reports by independent media and on social networks. The action appeared to be an attempt to suppress resistance against the ruling military junta. The attack is the latest example of how violence has become endemic in much of Myanmar in recent months as the junta tries to subdue an incipient nationwide insurrection. Photos and videos of devastated Kinma village in Magway region that circulated widely on social media yesterday showed much of the village flattened by fire and the charred bodies of farm animals. A villager contacted by phone said only 10 of 237 houses were left standing.