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At least 11 Myanmar protesters shot dead in police crackdown
Myanmar police have opened fired on protesters during the bloodiest day in weeks of demonstrations against the recent military coup in the nation.
Key points:
- Local media reported that demonstrators were killed in Yangon and Dawei
- The protests come as Myanmar’s UN envoy was sacked for “betraying the country”
- Ousted elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi faces her next court hearing on Monday
At least 11 people were killed and several injured on Sunday, political and medical sources and media said.
Myanmar has been in chaos since the Army seized power and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and much of her party leadership on February 1, alleging fraud in a November election her party won in a landslide.
The coup, which has brought to a halt the…
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