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Johnny Htoo and
Luther Htoo (born circa
1988) are twin brothers who jointly led the
God's Army guerrilla group—a splinter group of
Karen National Union in
Myanmar (Burma) during the late 1990s.
According to them and their followers, the twins gained fame in
1997 when they commanded the defenders of their village after troops of the Karen National Union had retreated.
Various legends claimed that the twins had numerous magical powers, including invulnerability to bullets and
mines and that they could hand out magical bullets. Supposedly, they could kill by pointing a rifle at the ground and concentrating. One tale claims that Johnny turned himself into an old man and back when bathing in a river. Luther claimed he'd 250,000 invisible soldiers in his command when Johnny had 150,000. Their flesh-and-blood followers amounted to between 150 and 300 men. Their men referred to them as
Bu Lu and
Bu Joh. Both were
chain smokers.
God's Army was situated in
Thailand, just across the border from Myanmar. They were from the
Karen ethnic group and were a band of
Christian guerrillas who maintained an austere lifestyle, including abstinence from sexual intercourse, drugs, alcohol, milk, eggs and pork. In
October 1999 God's Army seized the Burmese embassy in
Bangkok and the situation ended with their departure.
The Htoos came to worldwide attention in
January 2000 when at 10 members of God's Army, seized a hospital in
Ratchaburi, Thailand. The group held 700 to 800 patients and staff members
hostage for 22 hours. They demanded the Thai government stop shelling Karen positions in Burma and treatment for their wounded. Thai security forces stormed the hospital, killing all 10 of the gunmen.
In a 2000 interview, Luther Htoo stated that he wanted freedom for Karens. They were pursued by the
Tatmadaw (Burmese armed forces) and shunned by other Karen rebels.
The twins surrendered to Thai soldiers in
January 2001 and requested sanctuary. By that time the number of their followers had dwindled to 20. They repudiated the stories about being invulnerable but insisted that God had helped them to survive over the years. They were reunited with their family.
According to an
Associated Press report, Johnny Htoo—who by this time was eighteen—surrendered in Myanmar with eight other members of God's Army in two groups on
17 July and
19 July 2006.
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