Hundreds have attended a candlelit vigil in Auckland for Myanmar, as the death toll passes 80 and civilian leaders seek to legalise self-defence against armed forces.
Protesters attend a candlelight night rally in Yangon on Mar. 13. (AP Photo)
Myanmar security forces killed at least 12 people, witnesses and media reported, as the acting leader of a civilian parallel government vowed in a first public address on Saturday to pursue a revolution to overturn the Feb. 1 military coup.
Five people were shot dead and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar s second-biggest city, witnesses told Reuters.
Another person was killed in the central town of Pyay and two died in police firing in the commercial capital Yangon, where three were also killed overnight, domestic media reported.
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March 14 (Reuters) - The acting leader of Myanmar s parallel
civilian government said it will seek to give people the legal
right to defend themselves as the death toll in protests against
last month s coup exceeded 80, according to an advocacy group.
Mahn Win Khaing Than, who is on the run along with most
senior officials from the ruling National League for Democracy
Party, addressed the public via Facebook, saying, This is the
darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is
MANDALAY, Myanmar: Security forces killed at least 12 people, witnesses and media reported, as the acting leader of a civilian parallel government vowed in a first public address on Saturday to.