MYANMAR SECURITY FORCES KILL SEVEN PROTESTORS : CHINESE-OWNED FACTORY SET ABLAZE

  • 07/04/2021

Myanmar troops fired at anti-coup protesters on Wednesday, killing at least seven people and wounding several and a Chinese-owned factory was set on fire in the commercial capital Yangon and activists burned the Chinese flag.The country’s military ruler said the civil disobedience movement was “destroying” Myanmar.

More than 580 people have been killed, according to an activist group, in the turmoil in Myanmar since  Feb. 1 coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy. Nationwide protests and strikes have persisted since then despite the military’s use of lethal force to quell the opposition.
Security forces opened fire on Wednesday on protesters in the northwestern town of Kale as they demanded the restoration of Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government, a resident told Reuters.News outlets cited witnesses saying there were casualties and repeated gunfire. The Mizzima and Irrawaddy news outlets said five people were killed and several wounded.

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