Since the coup, Myanmar’s military has killed 43 children, detained 20, and traumatized countless more. By April 01, 2021 Advertisement On Saturday, a 10-year-old boy was enjoying his weekend playing games with his friend, 13, near downtown Yangon, Myanmar. When armed forces pulled up in a military truck and began to fire into the air, the boy grabbed his friend’s hand and ran – but his friend was shot in the back of the head and fell to the ground, eyewitnesses told Vice News. The boy ran and hid from the soldiers. Later, at his friend’s funeral, somebody had to lift him up as he was not even tall enough to see inside the casket.