Myanmar holds minute of silence for more than 2,700 quake dead

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Myanmar held a one -minute silence on Tuesday, paying tribute to the devastating earthquake victims, killing more than 2,700 people, buckling roads and flattened buildings in Bangkok.

Four days after the magnitude 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many people in Myanmar are still sleeping, either not returning to wasted homes or are afraid of more aftershocks.

Sirens’ bell 12:51:02 (0621 GMT) – At the same time on Friday, the earthquake forced the country to stop the lost people.

Mandale, which is the second largest city in the country, with 1.7 million inhabitants, suffered some of the worst catastrophe.

Outside the Sky Villa apartment complex, one of the city’s worst affected destruction sites, rescue workers stopped and stood with their hands behind their backs to honor them.

Officials and attendees were standing behind a card, and looking at the relatives further, when the siren started crying and a flag of Myanmar flew from a bamboo pole tied to the girl’s tent.

The moment of the memorandum is part of a week of national mourning, which is announced by the ruling Jinta, which has flagged flags on half -maste on government buildings till April 6 “sympathy for the loss of life and loss.”

At least 2,700 people have been confirmed, more than 4,500 were injured and hundreds others are missing. At least 20 people were killed in neighboring Thailand.

But it is expected that this tool will increase significantly as the rescuers reach cities and villages where communication has been disconnected by earthquake.

More than a thousand foreign aid workers have flown to help, and Myanmar’s state media has reported that around 650 people have been pulled alive from destroyed buildings across the country.

According to the new light of Myanmar’s official -ranked newspaper, the dead included about 500 Muslims who were killed Friday in mosques.

Is sleeping in the open

Hundreds of Mandala residents spent the fourth sleeping on the fourth night, destroying their houses or causing more harm to fear of fear.

“I have six or seven floor buildings near my house that are bent near my house, and they can fall at any time,” a watchmaker, SOE Tint, told AFP after sleeping outside.

Some have tents, but many – including children and children – are beds down on a blanket in the middle of the streets, which live at a distance from damaged buildings as far as possible.

The apartment complex around the city has been flattered, a Buddhist religious complex, and hotels were crushed and turned into ruins.

In a test hall, where some part of the building collapsed on hundreds of monks, in which book bags were piled on a table on the test monks, the victims of the affected people.

Fire engines and heavy vehicles were parked outside and an Indian rescue team worked on the pancake remains of the building.

An Indian official said the smell was “very high”. The odor of the bodies of the summer was unruly in several destructive places around the city.

On the outskirts of Mandala, hundreds of bodies have been received to destroy a cemetery, in which many people are found because the victims have been dug out of debris.

International aid attempt

Before the Friday earthquake, 50 million people were suffering from Myanmar, the country caused devastation due to a four -year civil war when the Army ousted the civilian government of Aung San Savi in ​​2021.

The UN says at least three and a half million people were displaced by the dispute before the earthquake, many of them were in danger of hunger.

Jinta says he is trying his best to respond to the disaster, but in recent days, the military has received several reports of launching airstrikes on anti -armed groups, even though the country is suffering from earthquake destruction.

The United Nations Special Envoy of Myanmar Julie Bishop on Monday called on all parties to stop hostility and focus on protecting and providing citizens’ safety and assistance.

In response to the earthquake, Jinta’s Chief Man Ang Hilang issued an extraordinary appeal for foreign aid, which broke the traditional practice of staying away from abroad after a major disaster by the isolated ruling generals.

The International Federation of Red Cross and the Red Crescent Societies have an emergency appeal to help victims in international aid efforts since the earthquake.

Hundreds of kilometers (miles), Bangkok City officials said the number of casualties increased to 20, when the 30 -storey skyscraper building collapsed, the majority died.