Two children were among four people beheaded by regime troops who attacked a village in Myinmu Township, Sagaing Region on Feb 26, 2023.

The atrocity was perpetrated after around 90 regime soldiers raided the resistance stronghold of Kan Taw.

The raid sparked a 10-hour firefight as at least seven People's Defense Force (PDF) groups defended the village, said Ko Thet Gyi, leader of the Zero Guerrilla Force, which took part in the fighting.

The junta troops had earlier abducted seven civilians, including two children aged 12 and 13, from nearby Nyaung Pin Kan village to use as human shields and guides during the raid.

After coming under attack from resistance forces, the regime troops decapitated the two child detainees at a pagoda just outside the village and also burned down its monastery.

The other five civilian detainees are still missing, said Ko Thet Gyi.

Clashes in and around Kan Taw village continued until 7pm.

PDF fighters then found two more decapitated bodies in the village.

The dead men were from the Sartaung Moegyo PDF, which was defending the village.

Zero Guerrilla Force said it also lost a temporary camp as well as 35 million kyats worth of weapons and raw materials for ammunition.

Ko Thet Gyi said the combined PDF forces managed to kill at least 17 regime soldiers in the clashes.

Regime troops also torched three monasteries, a school and 10 houses in the area. Kan Taw had already lost 450 houses in a previous junta arson attack on April 29 last year.

After occupying the village for one night, regime troops moved to nearby Htee Saung village on Monday. Zero Guerrilla Force said around 70 junta soldiers remain at the village outpost, citing video from drone surveillance.

Pro-regime media outlet Myanmar National Post reported that “security forces” (junta troops) had retrieved two dead bodies of PDF members along with weapons, ammunition, a generator and motorbikes during clashes near Kan Taw village.

It made no mention of the two child detainees beheaded or the casualties suffered by junta forces.

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Tin from St. Petersburg: the girl set herself on fire after a quarrel with her husband and, blazing, threw herself from the last floor Neighbors from the windows watched a terrible sight - the burning corpse of a 24-year-old resident of the ZhK. The janitor who saw the fire quickly extinguished the body. Meanwhile, in the windows of the apartment, eyewitnesses noticed the husband of the deceased, who looked down in shock. It turned out that the young girl came from Moscow and lived with her husband. On the balcony of the apartment, the police found kerosene and unfinished wine. Presumably, the young lady quarreled with her husband and decided to scare him on emotions, but everything ended tragically. However, law enforcement officials do not exclude the version of the murder. The husband was taken in for questioning.

The blow was so strong that she suffered a rupture of the uterus, which is why the 7-month-old flew into the abdominal cavity like a bullet.

John Reginald Christie's background

Early Life

• He was born in 1899 in Northampton, England to a working-class family. His father was a shoe factory worker.

• As a child, Christie was reportedly shy, quiet and withdrawn. He did not have many friends.

• He left school at a young age and worked a variety of jobs, including as a clerk and a photographer's assistant.

Military Service

• During World War I, Christie served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, working as a medic.

• After the war, he suffered from shell shock and depression, which may have contributed to his later disturbed mental state.

Personal Life

• In 1920, he married his first wife, Ethel Waddingham. The marriage was reportedly unhappy.

• In the 1930s, Christie began working as a police informant, providing information to the authorities.

• Around this time, he also started exhibiting voyeuristic and sadistic behaviors, peeping on women and collecting pornography.

Criminal History

• Christie's first known murder was that of his wife Ethel in 1953, though he is suspected of earlier killings.

• Between 1943-1953, he murdered at least 7 other women, many of them tenants in his home.

• He gained the trust of his victims by posing as a man of authority, such as a police officer or doctor.

John Reginald Christie had at least 8 confirmed victims, though he may have killed more. Here are the details on his known victims:

1. Ethel Christie (his wife) - Killed in 1953

2. Ruth Fuerst - A 26-year-old Austrian woman, killed in 1943

3. Muriel Eady - A 28-year-old woman, killed in 1944

4. Kathleen Maloney - A 25-year-old woman, killed in 1944

5. Rita Nelson - A 26-year-old woman, killed in 1945

6. Barbara Pearson - A 26-year-old woman, killed in 1951

7. Beryl Evans - The wife of Timothy Evans, killed in 1949 (for which Evans was wrongly executed)

8. Geraldine Evans - The infant daughter of Timothy Evans, killed in 1949 (also wrongly attributed to Timothy Evans)

In 1949, Timothy Evans was convicted and hanged for the murder of his wife Beryl and their infant daughter at 10 Rillington Place, the same address where Christie would later commit his own murders.

However, it later emerged that the real perpetrator of those killings was in fact John Reginald Christie, not Timothy Evans.

• When the bodies of Evans' wife and child were discovered in 1949, the police suspected Evans and he confessed to the murders under interrogation.

• Evans was tried, convicted and executed for the killings, despite the lack of strong evidence against him.

• In 1953, when Christie's own murders were uncovered, it became clear that he was the true killer of Evans' family members.

• In 1966, Timothy Evans was posthumously pardoned, though this did little to undo the grave injustice of his wrongful execution.

The Timeline

• Christie's first known murder was in 1943, when he killed 26-year-old Ruth Fuerst. He buried her body in the back garden of his home.

• Over the next 10 years, Christie went on to kill at least 7 more women, including his own wife Ethel in 1953.

• His victims were often vulnerable women who were renting rooms in his home at 10 Rillington Place.

The Murders

• Christie would typically lure the women to his home on the pretext of providing medical exams or other services.

• Once inside, he would strangle them, often sexually assaulting them as well.

• He would then hide the bodies, burying some in the garden and concealing others in the walls and under the floorboards of his home.

The Discovery

• In 1953, a foul smell led neighbors to alert the police about Christie's home.

• When police searched the property, they discovered the bodies of Christie's victims hidden throughout the house.

• The grisly discoveries eventually led to Christie's arrest, trial, and execution for the murder of his wife Ethel.

more details on the specific methods John Reginald Christie used to murder each of his known victims:

1. Ethel Christie (his wife) - Strangled with a length of rope in 1953.

2. Ruth Fuerst - Strangled with a length of rope in 1943. Her body was buried in the back garden.

3. Muriel Eady - Strangled with a length of rope in 1944. Her body was hidden under the floorboards.

4. Kathleen Maloney - Strangled with a length of rope in 1944. Her body was concealed in the wall cavity.

5. Rita Nelson - Strangled with a length of rope in 1945. Her body was also hidden in a wall cavity.

6. Barbara Pearson - Strangled with a length of rope in 1951. Her remains were found in the coal cellar.

7. Beryl Evans - Strangled, possibly with a length of rope, in 1949. Her body was found under the floorboards.

8. Geraldine Evans (Beryl's infant daughter) - Suffocated in 1949. Her body was discovered under the floorboards alongside her mother's.

The execution

John Reginald Christie was executed for his crimes on July 15, 1953 at Pentonville Prison in London.

•Christie was convicted of the murder of his wife Ethel in a highly publicized trial in June 1953.

•Despite suspicions that he had committed additional murders, he was only charged and convicted for Ethel's killing, which took place in 1953.

•At the time, capital punishment was still in use in the United Kingdom, and Christie was sentenced to death by hanging for Ethel's murder.

•On the morning of July 15, 1953, at the age of 54, Christie was taken from his cell to the execution chamber at Pentonville Prison.

•The executioner was Albert Pierrepoint, a renowned hangman who had carried out over 400 executions in his career.

•Pierrepoint placed the noose around Christie's neck and the trap door was sprung. Christie's death was reported to have been quick and painless.

•Christie's execution was a major news event, with crowds gathered outside the prison to await the outcome.

•His death marked the end of one of the most infamous serial killer cases in British history, though the subsequent revelations about his other victims and the wrongful execution of Timothy Evans would continue to haunt the criminal justice system.

•Christie's execution was one of the last hangings carried out in the UK before capital punishment was eventually abolished in 1965

TV Shows:

• "Rillington Place" (2016 TV mini-series) - Starring Tim Roth as John Christie

• "The Trials of Timothy Evans" (1994 TV film) - Focused on the wrongful conviction of Timothy Evans

Audiobooks:

• "10 Rillington Place" by Ludovic Kennedy (Narrated by John Wells)

• "A House in Bow Street" by Bernard Ryan (Narrated by John Telfer)

Films:

• "10 Rillington Place" (1971) - Starring Richard Attenborough as John Christie

• "Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?" (1972) - A thriller inspired by the Christie case

Books:

• "Ten Rillington Place" by Ludovic Kennedy (1961) - One of the earliest in-depth examinations of the case

• "A House in Bow Street" by Bernard Ryan (1977) - Explores the police investigation

• "The Executioner" by Stephen Jakobi (1985) - Focuses on the wrongful execution of Timothy Evans

• "The Killer of Rillington Place" by Edna Gammon (2012) - A more recent account of Christie's crimes

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The house was demolished and a garden remains in its place

A man named Long Kosal Srey Vuy took a sickle to kill his baby daughter by cutting off her head, and then tried to kill himself at his house in a village in Lumphat district, Ratanakkiri province, at 8:30 am January 3, 2022. She died instantly. The perpetrator, 35-year-old Long Kosal, a laborer, attacked himself with an ax, causing serious head injuries. According to the authorities the man is a violent drug addict, and it took some time to overcome him and take him into custody. He was then taken to Ratanakkiri Referral Hospital. The Child Protection Unit says the victim was only 2 years old.

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