Myanmar, Angel dies, the girl who said: "It will all be fine"
Dancer and taekwondo champion, Deng Jia Xi had become a symbol of the reaction to the military coup. She was killed by a bullet to the head.
of Monica Ricci Sargentni
"Everything will be fine," read Deng Jia Xi's shirt, better known as Angel, the dancer and taekwondo champion of 19 years that she had joined the demonstrators in the streets of Mandalay becoming a symbol and losing her life. Despite the optimismAngel knew very well he could die so much so that she had left specific instructions in case something happened to her: “If I'm not in good condition, don't save me, donate my organsand contact my father ".
A bullet hit her in the head Wednesday as she protested the military coup. A friend of his Myat Thu, 23 years, who was with her when she died, remember his courage: “She always worried about others. He picked up the canister of tear gas and handed it back to the police, then he broke a water pipe to allow us to wash our eyes irritated by the gas. When the agents started shooting he told me to sit down, "he told al The Sydney Morning Herald.
Myat Thu and Angel took to the streets along with hundreds of other Burmese in Mandalay, the second largest city in the country, to demand the release of Aung San Suu Kyi and the restoration of legality. Before the police charge Angel had screamed: "We won't run away but don't shed our blood". A photo shows the girl trying to protect her body with one of the protest signs just before being shot to death.
On November 8, the girl voted for the first time and posted a photo showing her kissing her finger made purple by ink. "I have done my duty for my country," he wrote. After the military coup, she joined the demonstrators and did not take a step back even when the situation became dangerous.Like her, at least a dozen other people were killed with a blow to the head, which raises the suspicion that they were a target.
The news of Angel's death immediately makes the rounds of social media. A photo shows her lifeless next to another victim. Many messages of condolence for his death with the hashtag #Restinpeace and #Restinpower. A friend of his, Kyaw Zin Hein, he wanted to share the words she had written to him on social media on the day of his death: "It could be the last time I tell you: I love you so much. Do not forget it". Now the protesters are afraid: “This is not a war, there is no reason to use live bullets against people.Be humanMyat Thu told theReuters.
The United Nations Human Rights Office confirmed that at least 54 people have been killed by police and military officers since the coup 1 February in Burma, while over 1.700 they were arbitrarily arrested and jailed. The actual budget, report a note, however, it could be much higher since these are only the figures that the Office was able to verify. Of the 54 documented deaths, at least 30 people were killed Wednesday in Yangon, Mandalay, Sagaing, Magway e Mon by the security forces; another person was killed on Tuesday, 18 Sunday and five earlier. “It's hard to tell how many people have been injured, but credible information indicates that they are, at least, hundreds ", underline the United Nations. Mrs..
