Save The Children says staff missing after Myanmar massacre

Smoke and flames billow from vehicles in Hpruso township, Kayah state, Myanmar, on Friday (Karenni Nationalities Defense Force via AP)

International aid group Save The Children said two of its workers were missing in a massacre in eastern Myanmar that left more than 30 people, including women and children, dead and burned in their vehicles after they were reportedly shot by government troops as they were fleeing combat.

Photos of the aftermath of the Christmas Eve killings in Mo So village, just outside Hpruso township in Kayah state, spread on social media in the country, fuelling outrage against the military that took power in February after removing the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.