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Myanmar junta troops beheaded a resistance fighter when they raided at least six villages in Sagaing Township  His body was found with the abdomen cut open in Ta Ein Te village after a regime raid on Monday, according to a resistance member. “His intestines were falling out. The head was about 3km away,” he said. Troops clashed with resistance forces when they raided Ywar Ma village on Sunday, killing another resistance member. Regime troops detained at least 100 residents who were sheltering at the Ywar Ma village monastery, according to a source. Some were tortured and three are receiving medical treatment, he said. At least 15 Ta Ein Te village homes were burned by junta troops on Monday. Later troops raided Myaing Lel, Maung Htaung, Let Pan Thar and Htein Kone villages. The force of around 150 troops included Pyu Saw Htee militia members. It left Sagaing Township for neighboring Myinmu on Tuesday, according to residents. Regime troops have been raiding the resist

In December 2014, 49-year-old David Phillips knocked on the door of Andreas Christopheros' home, and callously threw a beaker of sulphuric acid at Andreas.  As the acid seared into Christopheros' face, Phillips coldly remarked, "This is for you, mate."  The severity of the attack was so grave that doctors informed Christopheros' family that his survival through the night was uncertain.  For weeks, he was under constant medical surveillance due to the high risk of infection. Christopheros described the horrific incident, saying, "My T-shirt disintegrated from top to bottom — it just rolled away into nothing. The pain was inexplicable.”  To save his life and begin the arduous process of recovery, doctors have had to reconstruct ninety percent of Christopheros' face, using skin from various parts of his body, including his scalp and neck.  The scarring from the attack has been so severe that Christopheros has lost his ey

  Rio de Janeiro prisons authorities said Clauvino da Silva, 42, apparently hanged himself with a sheet in his cell in a high-security unit in the state's Bangu jail complex. Da Silva tried to bust out of Rio’s Gericino prison pretending to be the 19-year-old - who he was going to leave behind, authorities say. He donned a convincing wig and eerie lifelike rubber mask along with a bra and cutesy pink t-shirt on Saturday. The convicted drug dealer’s amazing get-up was so convincing prison staff only stopped him at the end of visiting time. Guards became suspicious because he started acting too nervously, according to authorities. Da Silva, known as “Shorty,” was filmed standing awkwardly with his hands behind his back as his wild costume was slowly exposed. REMOVES DISGUISE The footage starts with guards carefully removing his glasses and a long black wig. The tattooed inmate then removes his shirt - showing a black bra underneath. A creepy silicon mask gave him a

 This is Anthony Borges.   He was shot five times when he was only 15 age after he barricaded a door to a classroom to protect other students, saving as many as 20 lives during the Parkland shooting.    A third of Borges' lung had to be removed. One bullet came dangerously close to his liver, and three others tore through his legs.

  This is a picture of a man who is about to be executed using the execution device called the garrote.   The garrote is an execution device that is documented to have been used in the first century BC Rome. This torture method found its way into modern history.   The condemned would sit with a metal clap wrapped around his neck before the executioner turned the screw that would theoretically burst his brainstem, killing him instantly.

 In 1908, Houdini stood at the edge of the Harvard Bridge—commonly referred to as the Mass. Ave. Bridge—and was shackled by a Boston patrolman. His hands were handcuffed behind his back and chained to a collar around his neck.    According to a Boston Globe article chronicling the feat, a signal was tooted from a towboat, and Houdini went overboard into the chilly waters below.    “There is always the possibility that I will be unable to free myself, as one never can tell what will happen to a lock,” Houdini told the newspaper.    “However, I am a good swimmer, have confidence in myself, and I hope to perform this feat successfully.”    The Globe estimated some 20,000 spectators gathered to see Houdini’s leap, including the mayors of Boston and Cambridge.  They waited 40 seconds for the magician to resurface, which he did with the shackles in his hands.