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  • A crucifix bears an inscription paying respects to the Karen National Union's (KNU) assassinated secretary-general, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64. Fellow opposition groups sent emissaries to pay their respects to the fallen leader at his funeral ceremony...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • Mourners pay their respects to the assassinated ethnic Karen rebel leader, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, secretary-general of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • The Karen National Union (KNU) flag adorns the body of the group's assassinated secretary-general, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64. Fellow opposition groups sent emissaries to pay their respects to the fallen leader at his funeral ceremony...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • Htoo Htoo Lay, 61, addresses mourners at the funeral for the Karen National Union's (KNU) assassinated secretary-general, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64. Htoo Htoo Lay succeeds Mahn Sha as the rebel group's leader in accordance with their constitution...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • A guard of honour from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) rehearse for their role in the funeral ceremony for Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, the assassinated leader of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The KNLA, the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • A guard of honour from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) rehearse for their role in the funeral ceremony for Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, the assassinated leader of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The KNLA, the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • A guard of honour from the Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA) rehearse for their role in the funeral ceremony for Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, the assassinated leader of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The KNLA, the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • Mourners pay their respects to the assassinated ethnic Karen rebel leader, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, secretary-general of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • Mourners pay their respects to the assassinated ethnic Karen rebel leader, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, secretary-general of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.
  • Mourners pay their respects to the assassinated ethnic Karen rebel leader, Mahn Sha Lah Phan, 64, secretary-general of the Karen National Union (KNU)...The Karen National Liberation Army (KNLA), the military wing of the KNU, has waged insurgent war against the ruling Burmese government since 1949 in an effort to establish an independent Karen state...Mahn Sha was shot one time each by two gunmen armed with 9mm pistols on the afternoon of Feb 14th on the veranda of his house in the Thai border town of Mae Sot. The assassins have not been identified, but their abandoned getaway vehicle was recovered directly across the border from the headquarters of the opposition Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA), a rogue splinter group of the KNLA that maintains a tenuous alliance with the Burmese military.