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A total of 183 people have been killed by Myanmar security forces in the weeks of protests against a military coup and the casualties are rising.

The families of dozens of people killed in clashes between Myanmar security forces and anti-coup protesters prepared to hold funerals on Tuesday after candle-lit vigils overnight in defiance of a curfew.

The families of dozens of people killed in clashes between Myanmar security forces and anti-coup protesters prepared to hold funerals on Tuesday after candle-lit vigils overnight in defiance of a curfew.

Hundreds of mourners gather in townships across Yangon after dozens of people were killed in recent days

Myanmar coup: Police raid housing for striking railway workers AP/Mandalay AP Railway workers went on strike to protest last month’s military coup. Myanmar security forces on Wednesday raided a neighbourhood in the country’s largest city that houses state railway workers who have gone on strike to protest last month’s military coup. Police sealed off the Mingalar Taung Nyunt neighbourhood in Yangon where the Ma Hlwa Kone train station and housing for railway workers are located. Photos an...

MANDALAY, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar security forces on Wednesday raided a neighborhood in the country’s largest city that houses state railway workers who have gone on strike to protest last

Myanmar security forces raid a Yangon neighborhood that houses state railway workers who have gone on strike to protest last month’s military coup.

Security forces blocked streets and made arrests in a bid to crack down on rail workers who are striking to protest the coup.

Read more about Myanmar police crack down on protests for second day; 2 dead, several hurt on Business Standard. Myanmar has been in chaos since the army seized power and detained elected government leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership on Feb. 1, alleging fraud in a November election

Police throw stun grenades, use tear gas and fire into the air to break up crowds.