Myanmar forces use violence against protesters, at least nine killed

Myanmar security forces shot and killed nine people during protests against the military coup, witnesses and media reported, a day after a regional diplomatic push to end the month-long crisis made little headway.

Two people were killed during clashes at a protest in the country’s second-biggest city Mandalay, a witness and media reports said, and one person was killed when police opened fire in the main city of Yangon, a witness there said.

Local media…