Myanmar police raid protest district
World Bank halts some payments
26th February, 2021 11:23:49
YANGON: Myanmar police launched a crackdown overnight in a Yangon district after breaking up a protest to oppose a military appointed local official, as the World Bank halted payments to projects in the country that were made after the Feb 1 coup.
There have been daily protests and strikes by pro-democracy supporters for about three weeks, often drawing hundreds of thousands of people, reports Reuters.
Violence broke out on the streets of the commercial hub of Yangon on Thursday after some in a crowd of about 1,000 military loyalists attacked pro-democracy supporters and media. Several people were beaten by groups of men, some armed with knives, others firing catapults and hurling stones, witnesses said.
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