Videos Show Extent of Myanmar Militaryâs Bloody Crackdown
A trove of visual evidence reveals how soldiers and the police used rifles and other lethal weapons against anti-coup protests across the country.
The police faced off with protesters during a violent crackdown in Yangon, Myanmar, on Sunday.Credit.Sai Aung Main/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
Published March 3, 2021Updated March 14, 2021
On Sunday, the authorities in Myanmar began their most violent crackdown to date on protesters who have been massing in the streets for weeks in opposition to the militaryâs Feb. 1 coup.
The violence against the unarmed and mostly peaceful protesters left 18 dead and more than 30 wounded, according to the United Nationsâ human rights office, and took place across the country, including in the central city of Mandalay, Dawei in the southeast and Yangon, Myanmarâs largest city. The crackdown has continued in recent days, with at least 40 killed by security force
CNA Staff, Mar 2, 2021 / 05:15 am (CNA).- Preaching on the deadliest day of protests since Burma’s military coup, Cardinal Charles Maung Bo said on Sunday that “innocent blood” must not be shed in the country.
In a Feb. 28 homily, the archbishop of Yangon lamented that the streets of Myanmar, as the country is officially known, had seen “so much of pain, suffering, and resistance” since the coup on Feb. 1.
“Slowly hatred seemed to infiltrate the peaceful marches. We pray that no violence happens. Innocent blood may not be spilt on this land,” the cardinal said.
“We are all sons and daughters of the same land, same mother Myanmar and we need to exercise patience and tolerance.”
Bo was speaking on the day that clashes between priests and protesters left at least 18 people dead and more than 30 wounded, according to the UN Human Rights Office.
The UN said that the deaths reportedly resulted from live amm
Weeks of demonstrations and a deadly crackdown have roiled the nation since a Feb. 1 coup brought back full military rule following years of quasi-democracy.
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