BURNED
CHURCH AND SCHOOL
AND DESTROYED VILLAGES
April 2007
In April, Burma Army units
attacked villages in the Naw Yoo Hta village tract in Lu Thaw Township, Mu Traw
District, Karen State. In Hta La Kho they burned a large school and church to
the ground. The school had one hundred and twenty students and eleven teachers.
The following villages were also destroyed (date and time of attacks noted).
Two villagers, Saw Maung Talt (46 years old) and Saw All Kar (67) were unable
to escape in time and were murdered. All of the residents of the ninety-five
households are now internally displaced persons (IDPs)
| Taw Ku Mu Dell | 12 houses | April 4 | 10 am |
| Bo Na Dell | 7 | April 7 | 4 pm |
| Htee See Kee | 17 | April 22 | 2 pm |
| Htee Bweet Kee | 16 | April 22 | 8 am |
| Kay Pu | 18 | April 28 | noon |
| Baw Lay Dell | 21 | April 29 | 5 pm |
| Day Bu Plaw | 4 | May 7 | 11 am |
These photos show what the school and church used to look like. The second has
images of the Karen New Year celebration. All of these children have had to
flee for their lives and hide in the forest as IDPs, instead of studying in
school in security and peace where they have a right to be.
The burned remains of the school
A dead buffalo, shot and then burned by the Burma Army
IDPs on the run
IDP shelters
