Myanmar police opened fire on Sunday on protests against military rule, killing at least four people and wounding several others on the second day of a crackdown on demonstrations across the country, a doctor and a politician said.
"Myanmar is like a battlefield," the Buddhist-majority country's first Catholic cardinal, Charles Maung Bo, said on Twitter.Police opened fire in different parts of Yangon after stun grenades and tear gas failed to disperse crowds. Police also cracked down in the northeastern town of Lashio and Myeik in the deep south, residents and media reported.
The crackdown would appear to show a determination by the military to impose its authority in the face of widespread defiance, not just on the streets but more broadly in areas such as the civil service, municipal administration, the judiciary, education and health sectors and media. Police also hurled stun grenades outside a medical school in another part of the city, sending send doctors and students in white lab coats scattering.State-run MRTV television said more than 470 people had been arrested on Saturday after police launched the nationwide crackdown.Youth activist Esther Ze Naw said earlier that people were battling to overcome the fear they had lived with for so long.
How long will this Military last?
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Police are shoot the people with real bullet just like battle field
Not only tear gas they are using bullet to crack down .Around 30 people die today . No one help us ! feel so so sad 🥲🥲
They used not only tear gas but also real bullets and killed unarmed protestors who really wanted to express their voices.AgainstMyanmarMilitaryCoup Feb28Coup SpringRevolutionMyanmar CrimeAgainstHumanity WhatIsHappeningInMyanmar
Why don't you tell the world today that the Burmese army and police are shooting at the people of Burma? Today, more than a dozen people were killed by the Burmese army Why? Biased media is unethical shame on you
They're using Live Rounds, killed civilians and hide the bodies, cleaning the blood stains with water and sand.
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