Burma: still thousands in the streets against the military junta

Thousands of protesters took to the streets today in several Burmese cities to protest against the military junta that took power in a coup and the police have again used firearms, according to sources in the Burma. opposition.

The rallies took place despite the raids carried out last night during which some leaders of Aung San Suu Kyi's party were arrested and one of them, still according to the opposition, died after being beaten.

During a demonstration in Bagan, famous for its centenary pagodas, detonations were heard and an 18-year-old boy was hit by a bullet in the jaw, according to rescuers. A local news site reports five injured. In Rangoon, Burma's main city and economic center, police fired again to disperse the rallies, as protesters chanted the slogan 'Let's drive out the dictator.' That is, the head of the military junta, Min Aung Hlaing. Last night in Rangoon itself. leaders of the National League for Democracy (NLD), the party of Aung San Suu Kyi, de facto head of the civil government overthrown in the February 1 coup, were arrested. A local NLD leader, Khin Maung Latt, of 58, was killed according to opposition sources. "He was beaten and then taken away from his home, and he did not survive the harsh interrogation he was subjected to," said Tun Kyi, a former political prisoner.