ships in the world is still blocking the suez canal. welcome, everyone. the world is looking on myanmar, with horror, the day after security forces reportedly killed 114-unarmed civilians. it is, by far, the bloodiest day of military violence, since the coup last month. aid groups fear, the real-death toll is, probably, much higher. this all happened, on the day that myanmar s top general promised to, quote, protect civilians, and uphold democracy. but instead, according to local-news reports, security forces killed people, in 44 towns across the country. and they didn t just target protestors. several children are among the dead. one victim, a 13-year-old girl, reportedly, gunned down in her own home. now, myanmar s u.n. envoy calls it a massacre, and is begging for real-international action. the defense chiefs of the u.s., uk, canada, and several other nations, releasing a rare-joint statement, condemning myanmar s military. here s one example of how brutal the violence i
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live, from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with robyn curnow. a u.n. human-rights expert says myanmar s military is committing mass murder. and international condemnation is ringing hollow. that comes, one day after security forces reportedly killed 114 unarmed civilians. it s, by far, the bloodiest day of military violence since the coup back, last month. now, aid groups fear the real death toll is much, much higher. it all happened on the day myanmar s top general promised to protect civilians, and to uphold democracy. but instead, according to local-news reports, security forces killed people, in 44 towns across the country. myanmar s u.n. envoy calls it a massacre, and is begging for real-international action. kristie lu stout joins me, now, from hong kong. you have been monitoring all of this terrible violence escalating in myanmar. what more can you tell us, now? hi, kristie. amnesty international is now accusing the military in myanmar of trying to kill its way
peaceful demonstrations erupted two months ago over the military coup. we re hearing reports of an air strike near a village near the thai border killing at least three people. myanmar s u.n. envoy who represents the ousted government is begging for real international action against the military crackdown. kristie lu stout is covering this hong kong. just talk us through what we re seeing. the death rate continues to tick up as protesters facing this assault, this violent assault, on their democratic freedoms. reporter: and the international outrage, the condemnation, is growing after a horrific day of terror in myanmar. the bloodiest day since the protests began. according to myanmar now, an independent media organization, at least 114 were killed across the country saturday. the casualties include children. a 5-year-old boy was killed in mandalay. a 13-year-old girl was killed inside her home in mandalay. we have seen video of a 1-year-old baby shot in the eye with a ru
world. i m kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. the u.n. envoy for myanmar is calling for the security council and the international criminal court to take action against the country. on saturday, myanmar s civilian population suffered its deadliest day yet at the hands of their own military. at least 114 people reportedly killed. new video shows security forces firing weapons in a town in the far north of the country and we re hearing reports of three people killed by a military air strike on an ethnic village. we also have disturbing video of the military s indiscriminate use of lethal force. i have to warn you it is gr graphic. you see security forces there suddenly opening fire on a passing motorcycle. two people were able to run away, but a third person s condition is unknown as their body was loaded into a truck. speaking to cnn, the u.s. special rapporteur says time for talking is over.be meeting. it should be debating what s going on. action should be put before it,