Myanmar turmoil deepens as clashes spread
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Protesters take part in a demonstration in Yangon, Myanmar, on Wednesday against the military coup and to mark the anniversary of 1962 student protests against the country's first junta. | AFP-JIJI
Reuters
Jul 8, 2021
The farming town of Depayin joined Myanmar's list of shattered communities when the army moved in to crush a local anti-junta militia armed with makeshift weapons.
When army trucks arrived at Depayin around dawn last Friday, local youths assembled to fight back but were quickly overwhelmed, six residents said by telephone. Dozens of people were killed afterward by the soldiers and thousands have since fled with whatever they could carry, the residents said.