innocent people in Myanmar have been shot dead by soldiers and their bodies set on fire.

Foreign media have reported that innocent people in Myanmar have been shot dead by soldiers and their bodies set on fire.

In Myanmar, there have been recent reports of military arrests, torture and killings of protesters.

Meanwhile, in the village of Mo Cho in the eastern province of Gaya in Myanmar, soldiers shot dead 30 people, including women and children, and set their bodies on fire.

An eyewitness to the incident said people from the village of Mo Cho had fled to a refugee camp in the west to escape an armed conflict between the army and rebel forces.

They were arrested and taken away by soldiers. They then tied the hands and feet of 30 people they arrested and shot them. He then poured petrol on their bodies and set them on fire.