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Media reports and eye witnesses said dozens of demonstrators had been shot and killed. This is ironic because the junta leader boasted that the military would protect the people and fight for Myanmar democracy.
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Protesters opposing the February 1 military coup appeared in the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other cities. They ignored the military junta’s threat that they would be shot in the head and back if they did not stop acting.
“Today is an embarrassing day for the armed forces,” said Dr Sasa, a spokesman for the CRPH, an anti-junta group formed by ousted lawmakers, in an online forum quoted as saying. Reuters.
“The military generals celebrate Armed Forces Day after they just killed more than 300 innocent civilians,” he said, giving a rough estimate of the number of casualties since the first protests erupted several weeks ago.
According to Myanmar Now, at least four people died when security forces opened fire on the crowd protesting outside a police station on the outskirts of Yangon Dala city in the early hours of this morning. About 10 other people were injured.
Three people, including a young man playing on the local U-21 soccer team, were shot and killed during a protest in the city’s Insein district. This was conveyed by a neighbor of the victim to Reuters.
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