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Two killed, 20 injured as police fire to break up crowds in Myanmar’s bloodiest day of recent protests

Two people were killed in Myanmar when police fired to disperse protesting opponents of the military coup, emergency workers have said.
Key points:
- One man died from a head shot wound while another was fatally shot in the chest, a doctor said
- And 20 people have been injured in clashes with police
- About 500 police and soldiers moved in to break up a protest of dock workers, while elsewhere thousands of demonstrators marched in several cities
Protesters took to the streets in several cities and towns with members of ethnic minorities, poets and transport workers among those demanding an end to military rule and the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others.
But tension escalated quickly in Mandalay on Saturday (local time), where…
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