On February 20, the Burmese army fired live ammunition to crack down on protesters demanding a return to democracy in Mandalay city, with media reporting at least two deaths and 40 injuries. A large number of photos and videos of the scene have been posted by netizens, showing that the crackdown was quite gruesome, just like the June 4 reenactment in Beijing.
The wounds of two of the dead and wounded are suspected to be from the “bombs” used on June 4. More than 1,000 protesters gathered at the Yadanarbon Shipyard in Mandalay that day, and hundreds of police and military personnel opened fire to suppress the demonstrations, including a large number of live bullets. Two people have been confirmed dead and 40 injured, and hundreds of others have been arrested.
Local netizens have posted numerous videos and photos of the scene on overseas social media, showing that the scene of the crackdown was quite gruesome, with a large number of injured people scattered across the site.
However, two of the dead and wounded had wounds that did not appear to have been inflicted by ordinary live ammunition. In one case, half of the skull had been lifted off and blood was spilled all over the floor. There is also a photo of a suspected skull fragment falling to the ground. Another wounded man had a bowl-sized wound on his leg.
Another tweet showed local people picking up a large number of live shell casings from the ground.
Some of the photos show people with multiple ordinary bullet holes pierced by ordinary live ammunition, and others with small wounds from bullets in their heads.
A Burmese citizen has multiple bullet holes caused by ordinary live bullets on his body. (Web Photo)
However, two others had wounds that did not look like they were caused by ordinary live ammunition. In one case, half of the skull had been lifted off and blood was flowing all over the floor. There is also a photo of a suspected skull fragment falling to the ground. Another casualty had a bowl-sized wound on his leg.
Half of the skull of one of the deceased was lifted, and blood plasma was all over the ground. (Web Photo)
A bowl-sized piece of skin disappeared from the thigh of one injured person, with a huge hole in the middle. (Web Photo)
Similar photos appeared during the June 4 massacre in Beijing in 1989. At the Time, it was widely suspected that the Chinese Communist Party used internationally banned “explosives” to create a terrorizing effect on the population.
The horrific wounds of the June 4 dead and wounded. (Internet photo)
The principle of the “bomb”, also known as the “flower bomb” and the “Dum-Dum bomb”, is to expose the lead core of the warhead, and when it hits the human body, the warhead is deformed, expanded and broken by the copper cladding at the back end. This, coupled with the high speed spin of the warhead itself, resulted in a large tear-shaped wound. Because of its brutality, the 1899 Hague Convention banned the use of dum-dum bullets in international warfare.
The Burmese military seized power from the democratic government in a coup d’état on Feb. 1. Burmese people generally suspect that the Chinese Communist Party was behind the military coup and have been protesting in front of the Chinese Embassy in Burma for days.
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