Myanmar protests: woman shot in head as police response escalates

Teargas and water cannon also deployed on fourth day of protests against last week's coup

Police in Myanmar have responded with increasing violence to protests against last week's military coup, using water cannons, rubber bullets and live ammunition in a crackdown that left a woman in a critical condition on Tuesday.

Tens of thousands of people marched in towns and cities across the country in defiance of a ban on gatherings in some areas to voice their opposition to the military takeover of the government.