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Myanmar security forces with rifle grenades kill over 80 protesters

Myanmar security forces with rifle grenades kill over 80 protesters

MYANMAR security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said. Details of the death toll in the town of Bago, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Yangon, were not initially available because security forces piled up bodies in the Zeyar Muni pagoda compound and cordoned off the area, according to witnesses and domestic media outlets. The AAPP and Myanmar Now news outlet said yesterday that 82 people were killed during the protest against the February 1 military…
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Myanmar security forces kill 13 protesters; small blasts hit Yangon

Myanmar security forces kill 13 protesters; small blasts hit Yangon

MYANMAR troops fired at anti-coup protesters yesterday, killing at least 13 people and wounding several, the media said, as a series of small blasts hit the commercial capital Yangon and a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire. The country's military ruler said the civil disobedience movement was "destroying" Myanmar. More than 580 people have been killed, according to an activist group, in the turmoil in Myanmar since a Feb. 1 coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy. Nationwide protests and strikes have persisted since then despite the military's use of lethal force to quell the opposition. Security forces…
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Thousands take to the streets in Myanmar as five more protesters killed

Thousands take to the streets in Myanmar as five more protesters killed

MYANMAR security forces killed at least five protesters yesterday, three of them in the main city of Yangon, witnesses and media reported, as activists called on ethnic minority forces in the diverse nation to back their campaign against military rule. After the bloodiest day since the February 1 military coup with 114 deaths on Saturday, thousands took to the streets in towns across the country, determined to show their opposition to the relapse into military rule after a decade of democratic reform. At least two people were killed in the Yangon district of South Dagon when security forces moved in…
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More than 90 killed in Myanmar in one of bloodiest days of protests

More than 90 killed in Myanmar in one of bloodiest days of protests

SECURITY forces killed more than 90 people across Myanmar yesterday in one of the bloodiest days of protests since a military coup last month, news reports and witnesses said. The lethal crackdown came on Armed Forces Day. Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, the junta leader, said during a parade in the capital Naypyitaw to mark the event that the military would protect the people and strive for democracy. State television had said on Friday that protesters risked being shot "in the head and back". Despite this, demonstrators against the February 1 coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay…
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At least 12 killed in protests in Myanmar; civilian vice-president vows resistance to junta

At least 12 killed in protests in Myanmar; civilian vice-president vows resistance to junta

MYANMAR security forces killed at least 12 people, witnesses and media reported, as the acting leader of a civilian parallel government vowed in a first public address on Saturday to pursue a "revolution" to overturn the February 1 military coup. Five people were shot dead and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, witnesses told Reuters. Another person was killed in the central town of Pyay and two died in police firing in the commercial capital Yangon, where three were also killed overnight, domestic media reported. "They are acting like they are…
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Myanmar security forces surround, arrest protesters; U.S. calls for withdrawal

Myanmar security forces surround, arrest protesters; U.S. calls for withdrawal

MYANMAR security forces fired tear gas and surrounded hundreds of anti-junta protesters at two places in Yangon yesterday, witnesses said, prompting the U.S. Embassy to call for their withdrawal. In New York, the U.N. Security Council failed to agree on a statement that would have condemned the coup in Myanmar, called for restraint by the military and threatened to consider "further measures". Talks on the statement would likely continue, diplomats said, after China, Russia, India and Vietnam all suggested amendments late on Tuesday to a British draft, including removal of the reference to a coup and the threat to consider…
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Myanmar security forces shoot dead 13 anti-coup protesters

Myanmar security forces shoot dead 13 anti-coup protesters

MYANMAR security forces opened fire on protests against military rule yesterday, killing at least 13 people, witnesses and media reported, a day after neighbouring countries called for restraint and offered to help Myanmar resolve the crisis. The security forces resorted to live fire with little warning in several towns and cities, witnesses said, as the junta appeared more determined than ever to stamp out protests against the February 1 coup that ousted the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. "It's horrific, it's a massacre. No words can describe the situation and our feelings," youth activist Thinzar Shunlei Yi told…
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