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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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