Myanmar police shot dead at least seven protesters Sunday and wounded several others in the deadliest day since the military seized power on February 1, according to Reuters citing political and medical sources, as well as local media.
Also in Yangon, a woman died of a suspected heart attack after police broke up a teachers' protest with stun grenades, according to Reuters who cited the woman's daughter and a colleague. Videos posted to social media captured the escalating confrontations between protesters and security forces. Since the coup, at least 10 demonstrators and one police officer have been killed, according to Reuters. Activist group, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners said that as of Saturday, it had documented 854 people who have been arrested, charged or sentenced since the February 1 coup. The group noted, however, that"hundreds of people" were arrested in Yangon and other places on Saturday.
Addressing the assembly in New York on Friday, Kyaw Moe Tun defied the military rulers now in control of the country and urged the UN Security Council and the world to use"any means necessary" to rescue the people of Myanmar and hold the military to account. In a show of defiance, the ambassador also flashed the three fingered"Hunger Games" salute used by protestors on the streets of Myanmar and adopted from recent protests in neighboring Thailand.
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