Aung San Suu Kyi was kept under house arrest for over 12 years until recently, when she was allowed visit some parts of the country. During one such trip to north Burma, on 30 May, she was attacked. Eye witness accounts and news agency reports say that when her motorcade approached the town of Tibayan, a mob of soldiers, police and others, including convicts dressed as monks, attacked the cars. Some members of the National League for Democracy were killed, beaten to death with clubs and stabbed with bamboo stakes. More recent reports say that piles of bloodstained clothes can still be found in the area. There can be no question but that a very serious event took place there.