Myanmar found 1,573 new COVID-19 confirmed cases on October 13 bringing total number of patients to 482,803, according to an announcement from Ministry of Health (MOH).
Multiple reports from several cities and towns, difficult to independently confirm, said police used live ammunition as well as tear gas and rubber bullets to violently disperse protesters.
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YANGON, Myanmar
Myanmar security forces dramatically escalated their crackdown on protests against last month’s coup, killing at least 34 demonstrators Wednesday in several cities, according to accounts on social media and local news reports compiled by a data analyst.
That is the highest daily death toll since the Feb. 1 takeover, surpassing the 18 that the United Nations’ human rights office said were killed on Sunday, and could galvanize the international community, which has responded fitfully so far to the violence. Videos from Wednesday also showed security forces firing slingshots at demonstrators, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew.