4,137 civilians have been killed by the Myanmar junta in the 974 days since the 1 February 2023 coup until 2 October 2023, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).

Of those killings, 142 were children under the age of 10, of which two were six-month-old girls. One of the murdered girls was from Maungdaw Township in Rakhine State and the other was from Kantbalu Township in Sagaing Region.

A representative of the AAPP said that the Myanmar junta is treating the civilian population as its enemy and is engaging in extrajudicial killings which are war crimes.

They said: “The number of victims is expected to be even higher than reported. In certain instances, the military council has conducted violent raids on villages, resulting in brutal killings. As a result, it has become exceedingly difficult to identify victims ’names or gender. This kind of extrajudicial killing is a crime against humanity.”

Amongst the killed, three were Hluttaw (parliamentary) representatives, four were journalists and nine were non-governmental organisation (NGO) employees.

In the same period, the junta has also killed 298 people’s defence force members.

According to AAPP’s figures, the junta has also arrested 25,198 people since the coup. Of those 5,583 have been released and 19,615 are still detained.