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Mobs of pro-military thugs with sticks, knives, and slingshots attacked anti-coup protesters at a popular rally site in Myanmar’s largest city on Thursday, injuring at least 20 people after being unleashed on demonstrators, the protesters said.
Attacking after police removed street barriers erected to stifle anti-coup protests, junta supporters stabbed and beat a man and injured others amid an attack on anti-regime protesters near the Sule Shangri-La Hotel on Sule Pagoda Road, a center of the rallies held during the 25 days since the military takeover.
The pro-military mob that flooded into the area attacked a man who walked in front of them carrying a photo of deposed Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hitting him on the head from behind.
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Violence has broken out on the streets of Myanmar as supporters of the country s new military junta attacked pro-democracy activists.
At least one person was stabbed amid clashes in the country s largest city, Yangon, on Thursday morning while others fired slingshots and hurled rocks.
Police stood by as the attacks took place, amid accusations that the military had paid militias to carry them out - though such accusations are difficult to prove.
Meanwhile Facebook announced it was indefinitely banning all accounts linked to Myanmar s military and any adverts giving it money for using deadly violence .
Violence erupted on the streets of Myanmar s biggest city Yangon on Thursday as supporters of the new military junta clashed with pro-democracy activists