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Funerals held for dozens of slain anti-coup protesters in Myanmar; EU prepares sanctions Reuters Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer STR/AFP/Getty Images The families of dozens of people killed in demonstrations against military rule in Myanmar attended their funerals on Tuesday as protesters again defied the security forces despite the mounting death toll. Hundreds of mourners ...

At least 149 people have been killed in Myanmar since the 1 February coup, including five in custody, a UN human rights official has said, as mass funerals were held for dozens of those shot dead by security forces in recent days. The revised estimate of the death toll follows the bloodiest day in the six weeks since the military’s takeover, with 74 protesters killed on Sunday followed by 20 people the next day. Mass funerals were held across...

Some families told the media that security forces had seized the bodies of their loved ones, but they vowed to still hold funerals.

(Reuters) - Thousands of residents fled an industrial suburb of Myanmar's commercial capital on Tuesday, after it was placed under martial law by the ruling junta following bloody anti-coup protests over the weekend. Here is like a war zone, they are shooting everywhere, a labour organizer in the Hlaing Tharyar district told Reuters, saying that most residents were too frightened to go outside. More than 40 people were killed by security forces in protests in Hlaing Tharyar on Sunday and several factories were set ablaze. The families of many of the victims attended their funerals on Tuesday. ...

By Reuters Staff 5 Min Read (Reuters) -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. Security forces shot dead at least 20 people on Monday after 74 killed a day earlier, including many in a suburb of Yangon where Chinese-financed factories were torched, according to advocacy group the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP). In further violence overnight, a medical worker in the Dawbon area of Yangon said one person died a...