At least eight people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, three months after a coup plunged the country into political turmoil.
Thousands of people, in towns and cities across the country, joined the protests on Sunday calling for “the Global Myanmar Spring Revolution”. Rallies in support of the anti-coup protests also took place outside Myanmar, as Pope Francis called for peace.
“Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people’s unity,” the organisers said in a statement.
Two people were shot and killed in Mandalay, the country’s second-biggest city, according to the Mizzima news agency.