Black Friday Massacre - Burma

April 2004
What really happened the night that Aung Sang Suu Kyi was arrested? Did the military try to kill her?

A crowd of cheering people stretch as far as the eye can see. As these pictures show, despite spending most of the last 14 years in detention, Aung Sang Suu Kyi still commands the support of her people. But a few days later, her convoy was attacked by government backed thugs, leaving dozens dead. "The situation was very chaotic and frightening," confides Suu Kyi's bodyguard, Khin Oo. He recalls seeing Suu Kyi being attacked by men wielding sticks. "She was injured on her left shoulder and the left side of her neck." Many of her supporters feared she would be killed. "The security group were shouting 'Drive Away' but instead of running, I heard her say 'How can I run when people are being beaten?'" Khin recalls. But her driver had other ideas. As he whisked her away, eyewitness Naing Naing recalls hearing: "a voice giving orders to fire." Ten to fifteen gunshots were then fired at Suu Kyi's car, narrowly missing. "It was definitely the military," states Naing Naing. "It was meant to kill our leader." After the massacre, the generals took to the world's stage rejecting calls they were responsible. But, nearly a year on, Suu Kyi remains under house arrest. And the future of Burma looks as bleak as ever.


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[xartaz]

burma the world is watching you

[54living]

I heard SPDC M.P. Soe Win was behind this attack.He got cancer & death.God punished him.

[sufuislam]

why must the innocents suffer

[naingthu76]

Thank you journeyman, the junta think they can holding power as long as they can and Daw Aung San Su Kyi getting older in house arrest. Then they will torture more innocent people both physically and mentally. The junta select the people whose brains are the same size of their testicles to protect their positions. So what is the quality of life for common people in Burma ? How long do they have to wait for Democracy and Justice ? Be aware of government spy, identify them and get rid of them.

[1000wrongdecisions]

I am ashamed of my country's foreign minister who shook hand with the Myanmar Foreign Minister of Lies.

[leesung1231]

Myanmar government is sucking... USA will not help Myanmar cos' u do not have oil like Iraq.

[robertsanga80]

Thank you very much for uploading this record of burmese military regime terrifying altitudes toward fellow citizens.

[xXMzSmilesXx]

someeebody just kill the guy whose leading the military.. -_-!!

Let BURMA be a DEMOCRATIC country!!!

[th3planetsghost]

little men , big guns.

[th3planetsghost]

what like the usa? haha..

[Skoda130]

Why was it cut off?

[NoKidding88]

( Snr General Than Shwe  ordered this brutal massacre. )