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Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said.
Details of the death toll in the town of Bago, 90 km northeast of Yangon, were not initially available because security forces piled up bodies in the Zeyar Muni pagoda compound and cordoned off the area, according to witnesses and domestic media outlets.
The AAPP and Myanmar Now news outlet said on Saturday that 82 people were killed during the protest against the 1 February military coup in the country. Firing started before dawn on Friday and continued into the afternoon, Myanmar Now said.
Myanmar protesters. Myanmar protesters. (AP photo)
Myanmar’s military junta’s deadly crackdown on protesters continues with reports emerging Saturday of more than 80 killed in the latest round of violence. The news came amid reports of a group of ethnic armies attacking a police station in northeastern Shan state, killing at least 10 officers. Professor David Camroux, Southeast Asia specialist at Sciences Po, told FRANCE 24 the country is “heading towards a civil war”.
The police station at Naungmon in Shan state was attacked early in the morning by fighters from an alliance that includes the Arakan Army, the Ta ang National Liberation Army, and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, local media reported.
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Myanmar Security Forces Kill Over 80 Protesters
Myanmar security forces fired rifle grenades at protesters in a town near Yangon on Friday, killing more than 80 people, the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) monitoring group and a domestic news outlet said.
Details of the death toll in the town of Bago, 90 km northeast of Yangon, were not initially available because security forces piled up bodies in the Zeyar Muni pagoda compound and cordoned off the area, according to witnesses and domestic media outlets.
The AAPP and Myanmar Now news outlet said on Saturday that 82 people were killed during the protest against the Feb. 1 military coup in the country. Firing started before dawn on Friday and continued into the afternoon, Myanmar Now said.
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