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Bloodiest crackdown yet on Myanmar protests
Myanmar’s military regime launched a vicious crackdown on unarmed protesters on Sunday, in which at least 63 people were killed and hundreds injured by security forces firing live ammunition, making it by far the bloodiest day since the February 1 military coup.
Doctors and rescue workers fear that the present toll of over 150 deaths will continue to rise as many of the wounded victims are in critical condition. Reports are also surfacing of dead bodies seized by police, after protesters were unable to retrieve them.
Residents march around their neighborhood despite an overnight curfew in an anti-coup night rally at the Myaynigone area of Sanchaung township in Yangon, Myanmar Monday, March 15, 2021. (AP Photo)
Junta announces martial law in 6 Yangon townships
Junta announces martial law in 6 Yangon townships
AP / Updated: Mar 16, 2021, 06:00 IST
38 dead; highest single-day killings
Initial announcement of two
townships was made on Sunday; order suggests more direct military control of security, instead of local police
YANGON
Myanmar’s ruling junta has declared
martial law in six townships in Yangon, the country’s largest city on Monday, a day after least 38 people were killed in the bloodiest crackdown yet on resistance to last month’s
military coup.
State broadcaster MRTV said Monday that the Yangon townships of North Dagon, South Dagon, Dagon Seikkan and North Okkalapa have been put under martial law. An initial announcement was made late Sunday saying two other townships Hlaing Thar Yar and neighbouring Shwepyitha were being placed under martial law.
Myanmar crackdown on protesters kills 25 as junta imposes 24-hour mobile internet shutdown Reuters
At least 25 people were shot dead Monday as anti-coup protesters in multiple cities braved increasing violence by security forces following a bloody weekend that
The junta that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi s elected government on Feb. 1 also imposed a 24-hours shutdown of mobile internet service in an attempt to cut off lines of communication among protesters and other members of a nationwide civil disobedience movement (CDM) that has opposed military rule for six weeks.
The suspension of internet service forced court officials in the capital Naypyidaw to postpone the videoconference trial hearing of the 75-year-old deposed leader, who has been under house arrest since the coup and is facing a handful of what supporters say are spurious charges.