At least five people were killed on Sunday after Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.
The protests, were coordinated with demonstrations in Myanmar communities around the world to mark what organisers called “the global Myanmar spring revolution.
Streams of demonstrators, some led by Buddhist monks, made their way through cities and towns including the commercial hub of Yangon, the second city of Mandalay.
The organisers said in a statement that they would shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people’s unity.
According to local Media, two people were shot and killed in the central town of Wetlet, while two people were killed in different towns in Shan State in the northeast.
Analysts say the protests are only one of the problems the generals have brought on with their Feb. 1 ouster of the elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
According to U.N. estimates Wars with ethnic minority insurgents in remote frontier regions in the north and east have intensified significantly over the past three months, displacing tens of thousands of civilians.
In some places, civilians with crude weapons have battled security forces while in central areas military and government facilities that have been secure for generations have been hit by rocket attacks.
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