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Weapons, the junta said were confiscated by security forces from protesters arrested while taking part in demonstrations
Myanmar s junta said a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace, and that it would hold elections within two years, the first time frame it has given for a return to democracy since its 1 February coup.
Troops fired rifle grenades at anti-coup protesters in the town of Bago, near the main city Yangon, witnesses and news reports said.
At least 10 people were killed and their bodies piled up in the corner of a pagoda, they said.
Myanmar junta sentences 19 to death, says anti-coup protests dwindling
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Friday Apr 09, 2021
Demonstrators are seen before a clash with security forces in Taze, Sagaing Region, Myanmar April 7, 2021, in this image obtained by Reuters.
Myanmar junta says to hold elections within two years. At least 10 people reported killed by troops. UN envoy rebuffed by generals.
Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain, the military owned
Myawaddy TV station said on Friday, the first such sentences announced in public since a February 1 coup and crackdown on protesters.
The report said the killing took place on March 27 in the North Okkalapa district of Yangon, Myanmar s biggest city. Martial law has been declared in the district, allowing courts martial to pronounce sentences.
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Nineteen people have been sentenced to death in Myanmar for killing an associate of an army captain, the military owned Myawaddy TV station said on Friday, the first such sentences announced in public since a Feb. 1 coup and crackdown on protesters.
The report said the killing took place on March 27 in the North Okkalapa district of Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. Martial law has been declared in the district, allowing courts martial to pronounce sentences.
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