Dangerous game of DIY weapons

This screengrab from AFPTV video footage taken on October 15, 2022 shows members of the People Revolution Army (PRA) preparing homemade weapons in Pale township. - Almost two years after seizing power, the military has been unable to crush "People's Defence Force" militias that have sprung up to fight the coup, and to keep going on the battlefield some of the rebel groups have turned to online instructions to help make crude DIY mortar rounds and shells. (Photo by AFPTV / AFP) / To go with AFP Focus 'Myanmar-coup-conflict-weaponry'

Under an awning in a bamboo thicket in northern Myanmar, an anti-coup fighter following instructions from the Internet welds scavenged steel into crude mortar rounds and shells to be fired at junta troops.

Almost two years after seizing power, the military has been unable to crush local militias that have sprung up to fight the putsch with hit-and-run tactics.