World / 7-yr-old shot dead while sitting on her father's lap by Myanmar forces amid coup

A seven-year-old girl, who was sitting on her father's lap, was shot dead by security forces in Myanmar amid the military coup in the country. Family members said the girl was killed at her home in the city of Mandalay. Local media outlet Myanmar Now reported that soldiers shot at her father, but hit the girl.

Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 24, 2021, 07:51 PM
Naypyitaw: A 7-year-old girl died of bullet wounds in Myanmar’s second city Mandalay on Tuesday, people working for a funeral service told Reuters.

Witnesses said the girl had been shot inside her home when security forces opened fire in a suburb of the city.

Residents said at least one person had been killed in shooting elsewhere in Mandalay.