Five killed in Myanmar, critics hunted
Reuters
Myanmar security forces yesterday opened fire on pro-democracy protests, killing at least five people, a protester and the media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with Internet blocks and arrest warrants for online critics.
Despite the killing of more than 550 people by security forces since the Feb. 1 coup, protesters emerge every day, often in smaller groups in smaller towns, to voice opposition to the reimposition of military rule.
Security forces in the central town of Monywa, which has seen big protests day after day for weeks, fired on a crowd, killing at least four people and wounding several, two media organizations said.