This is old news but I never want to forget the Htoo brother. They now hold the Guinness World Record for "Youngest Guerrilla Leaders". "They're fundamentalist Christians. They chain smoke. Bullets bounce off them. They're 12."
Guinness World Records:"
"God's Army," a Burmese ethnic militia, was led by 12-year-old twins Johnny and Luther Htoo, who were believed by their followers to have magical powers. The guerrilla faction was formed when a splinter group left the Karen National Union. The twins shot their way to international notoriety on January 24, 2000, when they led their renegade ethnic army in a dramatic mission. They took 700 hostages at a Thai hospital near the Burmese border. According to local legend, the twins came to lead the army when they stood their ground during a Burmese assault on their village at just nine years of age. The twins have since turned themselves in."
BBC News | ASIA-PACIFIC | Profile: God's Army

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