Myanmar villagers say army beheaded high school teacher

The wall of a school structure is left standing after it was burned in Taung Myint village in the Magway region of Myanmar (AP)

The decapitated body of a teacher was left on grotesque display at a high school in central Myanmar after he was detained and killed by the military, witnesses have said.

The incident marks the latest of many abuses alleged as the army tries to crush opposition to military rule in Myanmar.