Article 5EEVG Myanmar coup: witnesses describe killing of protesters as unrest continues

Myanmar coup: witnesses describe killing of protesters as unrest continues

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Reporter in Yangon and Rebecca Ratcliffe
from World news | The Guardian on (#5EEVG)

Condemnation of military comes from around world as Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest

Witnesses have described the moment Myanmar's security forces opened fire on protesters, killing two people, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets again on Sunday in defiance of the military.

A young man and a teenage boy are believed to have been killed in Mandalay on Saturday when police, supported by frontline troops, used live ammunition to break up crowds of protesters opposing the military coup.

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