Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta's crackdown, UN expert says


FILE PHOTO: The sun shines behind the United Nations Secretariat Building at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, June 18, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly

(Reuters) - Scores of children have been killed in Myanmar since last year's coup, not just in the crossfire of conflict but as deliberate targets of a military willing to inflict immense suffering, a United Nations expert said on Tuesday.

Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some were made to endure mock executions, according to a report from U.N. special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews.

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