Colossal protests in Myanmar slam assassination of 2 demonstrators
Date
2/21/2021 6:46:24 AM
(MENAFN)Colossal demonstrations carried out in several cities and towns in Myanmar to slam the assassination of two demonstrators at the hands of security forces, and to protest their outrage against the Feb. 1 military coup.
Police and security forces shoot on protesters in Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, assassinating two demonstrators, including a teenage boy who offered his help to aid the wounded.
Anadolu Agency quoted a volunteer medic as saying that many people joined the demonstrations, blocking major intersections in Mandalay. “It is like a sea of people."
Activist than Myat Soe assumed that the security forces had “used live rounds of bullets on the protesters, which is why there were casualties."
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