Residents of a protest flashpoint district in Myanmar’s biggest city fled on flatbed trucks and tuk-tuks Tuesday after security forces escalated the use of lethal force against anti-coup protesters, despite international appeals for restraint.Much of the country has been in uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi last month, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets to demand a return to democracy.
It followed the deadliest day so far in the six weeks since the army deposed Suu Kyi’s government, with the AAPP reporting 74 killed on Sunday after the violent suppression of anti-coup unrest across Myanmar. Anyone arrested there faces trial by military tribunal, with sentences ranging from three years’ hard labour to execution.
By Tuesday morning, local media outlet The Irrawaddy published photos of residents fleeing the township, crowding onto flatbed trucks stuck in columns of snaking traffic. State television meanwhile reported that a police officer had been shot dead Sunday in the city of Bago during a protest. “The junta has responded to call for the restoration of democracy in Burma with bullets,” State Department spokesperson Jalina Porter said, using another name for Myanmar.
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