The day: Police shoot seated demonstrators in Myanmar

The day
Police shoot seated demonstrators in Myanmar

Protests against the military junta are taking place in Myanmar today killed at least twelve other people been.

In Mandalay, the second largest city in the country, the police opened fire on a sit-in, as eyewitnesses reported to the Reuters news agency. Be there killed five people and several others have been injured.

Local media reported about more deaths in the economic metropolis Yangon in the city of Pyay, where the police also shot. Protesters commemorated the anniversary of the death of a student who was killed in 1988. This sparked an uprising against the military at the time.

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