Family says Myanmar security forces fatally shot little girl in her home as she ran to her father

A family in Myanmar has told BBC News that government security forces fatally shot a 7-year-old girl as she ran to her father — the youngest known victim in the bloody post-coup crackdown by the country's military rulers. Save the Children said the killing of at least 20 children since the February 1 coup showed "a complete disregard for human life by security forces."

Speaking to BBC News, the sister of 7-year-old Khin Myo Chit said security forces kicked in the door of their home in Mandalay, Myanmar's most populous city, on Tuesday as they searched the neighborhood door-to-door. "When the door was open, they asked my father whether there were any other people in the house," May Thu Sumaya told the BBC. When he told them there was nobody else in the house, they accused him of lying and started searching the home.