FBR Update: Villagers bodies found

FBR REPORT: Bodies of Villagers Captured by the Burma Army Found in May 2005

Karen State, Burma

23 Sep, 2005

The remains of the two villagers captured

by the Burma Army

Bodies carried by villagers for burial

Two villagers from Toungoo District disappeared on December 26,2004. They were captured by Burma Army troops and not heard fromagain. The bodies of the villagers were found in May 2005 by villagersin the area of the Burma Army camp housing the troops who captured thevillagers.

The disappearance of these villagers was reported in February 2005 by an FBR relief team in this report from 14 February 2005.

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