According to a local human rights group, media reports, and a resident, more than 30 people, including women and children, have been slaughtered and their bodies were burned in Myanmar's Kayah state.

On Saturday, the Karenni Human Rights Group discovered the charred bodies of internally displaced people – including old people, women, and children – who had been slaughtered by Myanmar's military rulers near Mo So village in Hpruso town.

“We strongly denounce the inhumane and brutal killing which violates human rights,” the group wrote in a Facebook post.

The Myanmar military said it shot and killed an unidentified number of "terrorists with firearms" from armed forces in the village, according to state media.

According to the report, the people were in seven vehicles and did not stop for the military.

The charred remnants of people on burned-out truckbeds were seen in photos published by the human rights group and local media.

The Karenni Nationalities Defence Force, one of the numerous civilian militias opposing the generals who conducted the February 1 coup, stated the deceased were civilians fleeing the conflict.