Armored vehicles entered the capital Yangon and soldiers opened fire on demonstrators gathered in the main streets • State resident for "Israel Today": "They are just slaughtering people"
Demonstrates next to an armored vehicle in Bingon
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Large forces of the Myanmar army were deployed in the country's largest city, Yangon, and opened fire on protesters rejoicing over the overthrow of the country's democratic government in a military coup about two weeks ago.
Demonstrators and armored vehicles were spotted on its main streets and the squares of Yangon and thousands of soldiers began to disperse at key points. Local time.
Soldiers also entered three power stations in the north of the country in order to disperse the workers' strike at the site, part of the wave of strikes that befell the country following the coup.
In other cities, armored columns were also observed on the main streets.
"This is something we expected," Lee (pseudonym), a resident of Yangon and a supporter of the protest, told "Israel Today," Was shot, "says the woman who came with her daughter to protest the coup.
Hundreds of employees of the National Railway Company went out to demonstrate today, along with employees of the airports and the national electricity company.
The strikes and demonstrations have caused chaos across the country and the growing international pressure on military leaders raises fears of reckless military junta action.
In 2007 there was a horrific massacre of happy Buddhist monks against the army chiefs.