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The number of people shot dead during anti-coup demonstrations in Myanmar continues to rise. More recently, there were six people who died as a result of the shooting carried out by the Myanmar police as they repressed protesters in various regions.
As reported Reuters, Saturday (3/13/2021), two witnesses told Reuters that three people were killed and several others injured when police opened fire on protesters who were protesting by sitting or sitting on the streets of Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city. .
Local media reports said that a protester was killed during an anti-coup rally in the town of Pyay.
“The security forces initially prevented the ambulance from reaching the wounded and only allowed it later. When they allowed it, one of the wounded became critical and eventually died,” said one of the protesters in Pyay, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Reuters.
Two other people, also according to local media reports, were killed as a result of the police shooting in Yangon City on Friday night (December 3) local time.
Myanmar’s local media DVB News previously reported that the two men died after being hit by police shooting at a crowd of protesters who had gathered in front of a police station in Yangon’s Tharketa district. Protesters gathered there to demand the release of the detainees.
The advocacy group Association of Assistance for Political Prisoners (AAPP) reports that a total of more than 70 people have been killed in protests across Myanmar since the February 1 military coup.
