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On March 21, Reuters quoted a doctor in the city of Monywa as saying that a man named Min Min Zaw died and some people were injured after police opened fire on a crowd building barricades in the area. Another was killed in the city of Mandalay by security forces who opened fire, according to the Myanmar Now news portal.
Hundreds of people in Mandalay City, including medical personnel, took to the streets to protest on March 21 (local time). “The failure of the military regime. Our goal. Federal democracy,” chanted the crowd in a video posted by the Mizzima news portal.
Demonstration in the city of Monywa on March 21. Photo: Reuters
Clash in Mandalay City on March 21. Photo: Reuters
About 100 doctors, nurses, medical students and pharmacists dressed in white robes lined a main street in Mandalay City, shouting slogans and protesting the coup that occurred on February 1.
In other places, monks were also present in the line of protesters. In the city of Dawei, southeastern Myanmar, students, teachers and engineers organized the march. The city has become a hotspot and has seen at least five cases of protesters killed by security forces.
The AP noted that the number of protesters has decreased in recent weeks, while the number of deaths has risen in the face of harsh repression by police and soldiers. The Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners (AAPP) reports that 247 people have died across the country since the coup. The group added that around 2,345 people had been arrested or charged and 1,994 were still in custody or wanted.
The Myanmar military did not comment on the latest shootings. They previously claimed that security forces “only use force when necessary.”
Myanmar’s state media reported on March 21 that men on motorcycles attacked a security officer and killed him. The army said two policemen were killed in previous protests.
In Thaketa Street, Yangon City, Myanmar Now, the funeral of 15-year-old high school student Aung Kaung Htet was held on March 21.
Some places abroad, including Tokyo – Japan, Taipei – Taiwan and Times Square (New York – USA) also responded to the wave of protests in Myanmar over the weekend.
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