A nun knelt in front of policemen in a northern Myanmar city and begged them to stop shooting at protesters protesting last month’s coup.
The video showed Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng in a white robe and black habit kneeling on a street in the city of Myitkyina on Monday, talking to two police officers who were also kneeling.
“I said, I don’t want to see any problems here and I can’t leave if the police don’t leave,” he said. “I begged them not to shoot the children.”
Tawng and one of the policemen touched the ground with their foreheads.
At least two protesters were shot to the head and three others were injured in the city on Monday, witnesses said.
Tawng also stepped between protesters and police lines late last month, pleading for peace, local media reported.
More than 60 people were killed and more than 1,800 arrested in the crackdown on protests against the February 1 coup, an advocacy group said.
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