Myanmar police opened fire on Sunday on protests against military rule, with at least six dead and several injured on the second day of a crackdown on demonstrations across the country.
"Myanmar is like a battlefield," the Buddhist-majority country's first Catholic cardinal, Charles Maung Bo, said on Twitter. The Myanmar Now media outlet said two people had been killed in a protest in the second city of Mandalay, Reuters reported. Medicals students display images of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a street march in Yangon, Myanmar, Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021. Junta leader General Min Aung Hlaing said last week authorities were using minimal force to deal with the protests.
Hundreds of protesters refused to leave the streets by early afternoon in Yangon. Many set up barricades while others chanted slogans and sang protest songs. State-run MRTV television said more than 470 people had been arrested on Saturday when police launched the nationwide crackdown. It was not clear how many were detained on Sunday.Youth activist Esther Ze Naw said earlier that people were battling to overcome the fear they had lived with for so long.
LeongWaiKitCNA Bloody hell the Military , do not give in to the junta !!!! Keep fighting ..... Do not give up .
LeongWaiKitCNA The violence in downtown Rangoon is not a civil unrest, but done by Min Aung Hlaing. This is one sided violence by military coup and people has unarmed situation and people run away from police .
LeongWaiKitCNA Today, the whole of Myanmar Nearly 2,000 people were arrested About 100 people were injured 23 killed (currently) We, the people of Burma, are not safe day and night please take action any action the military Coup.Stop watching. Action must be taken against the military coup
LeongWaiKitCNA
LeongWaiKitCNA This is neither clashes nor dispersion. Military/police forces were sent across Ygn since early morning. Once protestors started marching, they arrested from behind & shot w/o any violence from protestors. It is just ambush attacks on peaceful protestors. Please do more homework.
LeongWaiKitCNA Clashes? No, we are just protesting peacefully when they tried to disperse with excessive force shooting live rounds. More than 20 people have been killed and hundreds injured.
LeongWaiKitCNA It’s not to disperse the demonstrators but they shot just to kill the civilians not to make attempts further to demonstrate. You can also see the people are demonstrating peacefully. Be ethical .
LeongWaiKitCNA Not clashes, just one sided abuse of armforce. We were protesting peacefully. Military & police shot us with rubber guns,tear gas and sound grenadea without warning. They used more violence necessary for antiriot. They intended to kill us. Today we lost 24 lives in their hand.
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.