In 2000, 10 armed men openly abducted more than 500 medical staff and patients in a Thai hospital.
Thailand** quickly launched a rescue effort, and the results of the investigation were surprising, and the hostage incident was created by the famous "LRA", and their leader turned out to be two childish children.
Under 12 years of ageof them in their heyday led a detachment500 peopleThe armed forces have also repelled the encirclement and suppression of the first class many times, and have become a terrifying "baby army".
What is the hidden experience behind this? And what happened to them?
At around 7:30 a.m. on 24 January 2000, a long-distance bus from the Ratchaburi Central Hospital in Thailand ignored warnings and blatantly broke into the hospital.
More than 10 heavily armed *** broke into the hospital while shooting, and controlled all 500 medical staff and patients in the inpatient department, creating an extremely rare hostage incident in Thai history.
After receiving the alarm, Thailand** immediately mobilized police forces to surround the hospital and prepare for rescue work.
After much deliberation, it was determined that this group was a well-known rebel organization"LRAIn the end, all the more than 10 panic activists who were causing chaos were killed.
After this hostage incident that shocked the world, some videos and ** from 1997 were suddenly picked up, causing an uproar around the world.
In 1997, some escaped Burmese students accidentally fled to LRA territory.
A television station that tracked the students also came to the area, and they found the escaped students in a camp, but the camera also captured something unexpected.
A pair of very young-looking twins, who look innocent and old, carry a gun on their backs, smoke in their mouths, and move extremely skillfully.
The last footage captured by the camera shows the two brothers running along the riverbank, one of them carrying the inscription " on his shoulderSour shrimp balls instant noodles"The cardboard box.
Later, a Canadian family** made these videos public, and the identities of the two brothers followed**:The leader of the "LRA", a well-known anti-Burmese ** armed force.
God had spoken to them and given them the power to save the world.
In March 1997, Pastor Tahapa introduced the twin brothers Johnny and Luther to the head of the National Alliance of Passenger Lines.
"Quick, stick your tongue out”。Tahapa couldn't wait to show the chief the "miracles" that had gone on them.
The leader fell into deep thought at the near-black tongues of the two, which in the Karen tradition is a symbol of divine protection.
Now that the Karen clan is facing unprecedented danger, perhaps they were indeed sent by God to help them.
The Karen are the second largest ethnic group in Myanmar after the Burmese, but they are incompatible. The struggle between them began during the British colonial period and continued until after the independence of Burma.
The armed purpose of the Karen National Union has always been the most resolute and complete independent state-building.
However, due to the analysis of internal religious beliefs, some people of the Karen ethnic group gradually chose to negotiate peace with Myanmar with some armed forces, and the power of the Karen National Alliance was gradually weakened, and they could only retreat to the Thai-Myanmar border.
Myanmar** seized the opportunity and dispatched a large number of armed forces to carry out a large-scale clearance operation against the Karen ethnic alliance.
It was at this time that Johnny and Luther appeared in front of the Karen National Union leader.
To test their abilities, the leader handed them a gun full of bullets and told them to settle the riot caused by the killing of 8 oil workers by the ** army.
The next morning, two children, who were just 18 years old together, shouted "LRA" with more than 20 people, and then set off for their destination with their guns.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, they went to the church where the enemy was hiding, and under the command of the two brothers, they selected 8 people to form a "commando", successfully killed 24 enemies, and defended the territory of the Karen National Union.
The two brothers won their first battle, and in this battle they showed far more ability than their peers, and everyone seemed to be believing in it"Johnny and Luther were sent by God to save them.
The leader was also pleased with the twins' performance, so he gave them a new task:Drove out the enemy in the Amirat region.
The twins are full of confidence: ".Guaranteed completion of the task
They led a team of 16 men, but when they arrived at their destination, they found that the number of enemies far exceeded their expectations, more than 10 times more than them200 people
Undeterred, Johnny and Luthor led their men into a battle against the enemy, and the battle began at 3 p.m. and ended the life of the last enemy two hours later, resulting in an incredible victory.
Some people say that they are "invulnerable" and have "supernatural powers", others say that they single-handedly challenged the ** army, and some people even think that they can control the victory of the war with their telekinesis.
All in all, after this battle, Johnny and Luthor".God-given powerThe story spread among the Karen and had a great reputation.
The Karen National Union Fourth Brigade also succeeded in adding two more "child soldiers".
Soon after, Myanmar** officially launched a dry season offensive against the Karen National Union, preparing to wipe it out in one fell swoop.
The Karen National Union, which already has many branches, was torn apart by the attack of the regular army of Myanmar and fled in all directions.
Johnny and Luthor also prepared to retreat with the troops, but they couldn't bear to look at the battered Karen people.
It wasn't until they saw a pregnant woman being beaten to death that the two brothers decisively stepped forward and formed a team of five people to escort hundreds of ordinary Karen people to escape.
But these forces were too few, and Johnny and Luthor gathered the stragglers and fought fiercely against the enemy, eventually succeeding in protecting the lives of the people.
These people believed in God, and in desperation, Johnny and Luthor saved them like "saviors."
From then on, they treated the twins as gods and pinned their hopes for a change in their fate.
Johnny and Luther took the opportunity to lead the team out of the Karen National Union, and the LRA was formed.
Johnny and Luther's fame gradually attracted more people, and in less than a year the force had grown to more than 500 people, and their leaders were twins under the age of 10.
Since then, it has been fighting against Myanmar** and has also caused several terrorist attacks, including the "hostage incident".
In July 2000, McKeeohkahn, a female reporter for the British newspaper The Guardian, went deep into the jungles of South Asia to find the "LRA" and wanted to interview the twin brothers.
Brother Johnny has long black hair, neatly falling on his shoulders, and his round face makes him look extraordinarily delicate, and some people believe it when he says it is a girl.
His younger brother, Luther, was very different from his older brother, with thin, dry hair, a cigarette in his mouth, and a very old look.
The division of labor between the two brothers was clear, with the elder brother in charge of finding food and logistics, and the younger brother Luther in charge of directing the troops in the fight against the enemy.
The elder brother has some Karen characters tattooed on his arm, while the younger brother has a large fierce shark tattooed on his left hand with the Karen National Union flag on his head and a cross tattooed on his right hand.
Since 1997, they have led this force of several hundred people against Myanmar**210,000 people to contend with.
As a result, they can only live in the barren jungle, and both brothers are somewhat malnourished, and both of them are slightly weaker than normal 13-year-olds.
In order to prevent the "LRA" from being bought by the enemy, Johnny and Luthor made strict rules:Don't eat duck, don't eat pork, don't drink milk, don't eat eggs, and most importantly, don't take drugs.
After the interview officially began, the female reporter found that Johnny was very shy, and all questions were answered by Luther.
And when Luthor faced the reporter, he could clearly see the sophistication of his body, but he was also just a child, and when he didn't know how to answer, he always turned his head to look at a man named Rambo behind him, and he answered on his behalf.
Shortly after the female reporter left, the story was processed and published in The Guardian, and the twin brothers became a worldwide fire.
Even the Guinness Book of World Records includes them as:"The youngest guerrilla leader in history
Not long after the article was published, due to the terrible impact of the hostage incident, the Thai side began to join forces with Myanmar to pursue and attack the "LRA".
They were originally a group of hundreds of people, most of whom were young people in their twenties, and they were no match for the regular army.
Quite a few members of the "LRA" could not stand the days of no fixed place and no food, so they resolutely chose to quit and turned around and joined the armed groups.
In 2001, the two brothers, Johnny and Luther, were so desperate that they surrendered to Thailand and applied for asylum from the Thai side.
To this end, the Thai side also specially held a press conference for the twin brothers to attend and announce their surrender on the spot, and some of the mysteries on them were also revealed.
Regarding the Thai hostage world that happened in 2000, Johnny and Luthor explained: ".This was not an order from us, and without our knowledge, some Burmese exiled students smuggled away several soldiers who planned and carried out the entire kidnapping program under the name of the 'LRA'.
But whether they command it or not, they have nothing to do with the "LRA", and they are the leaders of the "LRA".
Johnny and Luther explained, ".We were just children, and we didn't have any military talent to really command someone else.
The chief commander of Thailand, General Churanunt, has also said it publicly: ".Behind them should be veteran guerrillas in command.
When the LRA fights against the ** army, it often adopts roundabout tactics, so that it is not used in frontal combat with the enemy, and it can retain a lot of strength.
Through such a combat policy, the "LRA" has escaped the enemy's encirclement and suppression on many occasions and turned the tide of danger.
The real commanders are Sabier and Damm, who were once captains of the National Alliance of Passenger Lines, and the two left and switched to the arms of other *** organizations as early as when the "LRA" was encircled and suppressed together.
And the most mysterious thing about the twin brothers is their almost black tongues.
After examination, the doctor found that not only the tongue was black, but also the nails were purple-black.
And the reason for this phenomenon is that they have congenital heart disease, and the oxygen content in the blood is insufficient.
So, Johnny and Luthor were not "God's chosen ones," they were no different from other children.
It's just that the Karen people, in the predicament of not seeing hope, pinned their hopes on the ethereal gods, in short, on their own **.
For the future life, they say: ".I hope to be a normal child again, and it is best to be reunited with my parents.
Thailand** chose not to prosecute the twin brothers and sent them to a refugee camp to be reunited with their mothers.
At the age of 16, his younger brother Luthor married a 19-year-old girl in a refugee camp and soon gave birth to a son.
Luthor is very happy about this, and he hopes that he will be able to study ** in the future and support his family by **.
Later, Luthor learned that the UNHCR had ".Third Country Resettlement ProgramThrough hard work, he got the opportunity to immigrate to Sweden, so he left Myanmar with his family and started a new life.
In 2006, Myanmar published a document showing his brother Johnny surrendering to Myanmar along with several others.
However, later Luthor publicly explained: ".It's all fake, Myanmar** deceived my brother, they tricked him into taking pictures under the pretext of offering a job, and the military uniform he was wearing and the gun he was holding were all provided by Myanmar**.
Later, Luthor hoped to help his brother immigrate to New Zealand through the Third Country Resettlement Program to reunite with his mother and sister, who had already been there, but this was never realized.
In 2013, an American newspaper published an article:The former "LRA" twin brothers of Myanmar are reunited in Thailand.
The article said that Luthor returned to Thailand after a long absence, reunited with his brother in a restaurant, and the two of them also took a precious group photo.
*, his brother Johnny looks much more vicissitudes than Luther, and his trademark long hair has long been replaced by a small head.
Later, when Luthor brought his brother to New Zealand, the family was finally reunited, and just when everyone thought that the family would live happily and peacefully, Luther's choice was unpredictable.
In 2021, it was reported that Luthor had formed an alliance with the commander of the All Burma Independence Army, Aung Aung Kyaw, and the two of them would join forces to continue the fight against Myanmar**.
This incident has also caused a lot of discussion and spurning among people, why should you live a good life and live this kind of unsettled life?