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1/9 The photo is of a little girl with dancing eyes and a soft smile. A TikTok filter gave her bunny ears and put hearts on her cheeks. Now she is dead. https://t.co/B0rrTQEcWj
— Hannah Beech (@hkbeech) April 4, 2021
3/9 She had been at home with her family. Noises drew her out, bursts like firecrackers, her parents said. She skipped down a path. A soldier, it appears, saw her and decided to end her life.
— Hannah Beech (@hkbeech) April 4, 2021
5/9 Many of the children appear to have been executed, killed with one bullet to the head. A 6-year-old girl died on her father’s lap. A little boy was targeted as he fetched water for his family.
— Hannah Beech (@hkbeech) April 4, 2021
7/9 Two days before she was killed, Aye Myat Thu drew a picture of Hello Kitty. Beside it she wrote her name in English.
— Hannah Beech (@hkbeech) April 4, 2021
9/9 Her name was Aye Myat Thu. She was shot dead in Mawlamyine, Myanmar, on March 27. She was 10 years old.
— Hannah Beech (@hkbeech) April 4, 2021
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