Ten of Myanmar's major rebel groups threw their support behind the country's anti-coup movement Saturday, fanning fears that a broader conflict could erupt in a country long plagued by fighting between the military and the ethnic armies. Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, triggering an uprising that the junta has sought to quell with deadly crackdowns. According to a local.
Myanmar Rebel Groups Back Anti-coup Protests, Condemn Junta Crackdown By AFP News
on April 04 2021 10:22 AM
Ten of Myanmar s major rebel groups threw their support behind the country s anti-coup movement Saturday, fanning fears that a broader conflict could erupt in a country long plagued by fighting between the military and the ethnic armies.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, triggering an uprising that the junta has sought to quell with deadly crackdowns.
According to a local monitoring group, more than 550 people have been killed in the anti-coup unrest, bloodshed that has angered some of Myanmar s 20 or so ethnic groups and their militias, who control large areas of territory, mostly in border regions.
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Myanmar security forces yesterday opened fire on pro-democracy protests, killing at least five people, a protester and the media said, as the military reinforced its bid to end dissent with Internet blocks and arrest warrants for online critics.
Despite the killing of more than 550 people by security forces since the Feb. 1 coup, protesters emerge every day, often in smaller groups in smaller towns, to voice opposition to the reimposition of military rule.
Security forces in the central town of Monywa, which has seen big protests day after day for weeks, fired on a crowd, killing at least four people and wounding several, two media organizations said.
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