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Bangkok
At least two people were killed in protests against the military coup in Myanmar on Saturday, media reports said.
At least six other participants in a rally in the city of Mandalay were injured, the news portals Myanmar Now and Frontier Myanmar said.
Security forces fired live ammunition at demonstrators in the South-East Asian nation’s second-largest city.
Independent verification of the information was not immediately possible. Photos on social media showed bleeding people being carried away on stretchers.
According to Myanmar Now, hundreds of protesters had gathered near a shipyard in Mandalay to support striking workers. They had been pressured by the authorities to return to work.
Twenty vehicles with soldiers and police and two water cannon were brought to the site to break up the rally. According to witnesses, at least 10 people were arrested.
Protests in Myanmar have been ongoing for almost three weeks. The military overthrew the elected government and deposed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in early February.
On Friday, the first fatality in the protests was reported. According to media, a 20-year-old student who had been shot by police in the capital Naypyidaw succumbed to severe head injuries.
Bangkok
At least two people were killed in protests against the military coup in Myanmar on Saturday, media reports said.
At least six other participants in a rally in the city of Mandalay were injured, the news portals Myanmar Now and Frontier Myanmar said.
Security forces fired live ammunition at demonstrators in the South-East Asian nation’s second-largest city.
Independent verification of the information was not immediately possible. Photos on social media showed bleeding people being carried away on stretchers.
According to Myanmar Now, hundreds of protesters had gathered near a shipyard in Mandalay to support striking workers. They had been pressured by the authorities to return to work.
Twenty vehicles with soldiers and police and two water cannon were brought to the site to break up the rally. According to witnesses, at least 10 people were arrested.
Protests in Myanmar have been ongoing for almost three weeks. The military overthrew the elected government and deposed state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi in early February.
On Friday, the first fatality in the protests was reported. According to media, a 20-year-old student who had been shot by police in the capital Naypyidaw succumbed to severe head injuries.
