A/HRC/39/CRP.2 local residents. Reports received suggest that the men were civilians, but they were found in KIA uniforms when their corpses were recovered.217 151. The Mission also received credible reports of the Tatmadaw capturing or detaining fighters of EAOs and subsequently killing them. 218 Those killed included men and women. For example, reliable reports suggest that, on 16 July 2018, Tatmadaw soldiers arrested six TNLA female medics and three TNLA fighters following clashes between the parties in Namkham Township, Shan State. It was reported that one TNLA male fighter was shot dead on the spot while two others were wounded and managed to escape. The bodies of the six women were found in a ditch nearby on 14 July 2018. Material examined by the Mission shows one corpse with a devastating head injury. The Mission’s forensic analysis points to two possible causes: massive blunt force trauma or high velocity gunshot wound. Given the context the latter seems more likely. Multiple victims with single gunshot wounds to the head suggests execution style killings. The Mission also received reports of the women being raped before being killed but was unable to verify these allegations. 219 152. Unlawful killings in Tatmadaw custody are also widespread in areas where there is no active fighting.220 For example, one witness described the killing of his 25-year old brother on 15 July 2012, in a village near Myitkyina in Kachin State. He said: On that Sunday evening, I went to the church service with my brother. A group of five Tatmadaw soldiers stopped us, and asked, “Where are you going and are you Kachin?” When we answered that we were Kachin, the soldiers started beating me. They punched me in the face. They confiscated our student IDs and asked where the KIA post was located, and where the KIA fighters were. We said that we did not know, but the soldiers did not believe us and took us to the military camp. There they tortured my brother with a heated knife, and they also tortured me. We were beaten with rifle butts. I was crying and screaming. They repeatedly asked us where the KIA post was. Then they stabbed my brother with a knife in front of me and he died. I closed my eyes because I could not watch my brother die. They told me to remain there and they carried my brother’s body out of the room. I do not know where they took his body. The soldiers told me that if I ran away, I would be killed.221 153. Similarly, on 26 May 2017, in a government controlled area in Mansi Township, Kachin State, where there was no fighting, 15 to 20 Tatmadaw soldiers executed three Kachin civilian internally displaced persons of about 25 to 30 years old. The three bodies were found a few days later, buried together in a small shallow pit. These men were reportedly suspected of being KIA members.222 On 29 May 2017, the three bodies were brought to Mansi Township hospital for post mortem analysis and were returned to the families in the afternoon. The Myanmar Police Force at Mansi Township opened a murder case. According to information received, the post mortem results show severe injuries on all victims, including multiple gunshot wounds, deep cuts on body parts, skull fractures and damage to eyes and ears. In January 2018, a Myanmar military tribunal sentenced six 319 th Light Infantry Battalion223 soldiers to 10 years in prison for the killing of these men. 224 Killing of civilians during forced labour 154. The Mission also received many consistent accounts of men and women killed by the Tatmadaw in the context of forced labour.225 Tatmadaw soldiers have intentionally killed 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 40 K-139, V-019, V-020. K-141, PI-053; see this chapter, section A.3: Torture and other ill-treatment; section A.8: Emblematic incidents (Tanai). K-141. PI-040, PI-052, PI-070. PI-05.2 K-140, PI-040. One of the organic units of the Northern Command. K-140, PI-040; see this chapter, section C.3: Lack of recourse. See this chapter, section A.6: Forced labour and forced recruitment of adults and children.