Soldiers open fire on non-violent protesters in all major cities in the country • Despite the harsh response, the wave of protests following the military coup in the country is gaining momentum
Police beat protesters in Myanmar // Photo: AFP
Eighteen civilians were killed today (Sunday) and dozens more were injured when the Myanmar army opened fire on protesters at several points across the country, United Nations officials said.
Armed soldiers lined up in front of the protesters, protesting the military coup that took place earlier this month in the country, and opened fire by means of dispersing demonstrations and live fire on the crowd.
The plays were repeated in the cities of Yangon, Mandalay, Dwai and Bagu and the hospitals were laden with gunshot wounds, some of whom were in critical condition.
နင်တို့ သတ် ကြ ငါတို့ သန်း ၅၀ ၅၀ ကို ကြ မ မ ကုန် နင်တို့ နင်တို့ အကုန်
Posted by Soe Soe Lwin on Sunday, February 28, 2021
Social media in the country showed protesters dragging wounded and killing bloodshed, alongside photos of uniformed soldiers, armed with assault rifles, firing at protesters.
The demonstrators set up makeshift checkpoints in an attempt to prevent military personnel from advancing.
This is the most violent day so far since the protest began earlier this month.
Despite the growing violence of the regime, the number of participants in the demonstrations, which in most cases are characterized by non-violent marches, only increases over time and hundreds of thousands went out to demonstrate across the country today.
The military is also struggling to bring back thousands of striking workers in various sectors of the local economy, including IEC workers, ports, the Airports Authority, and trains in the country.
Lee, a resident of Yangon, told Israel Today: "Now the whole world sees what our army is doing to us. We are just fighting for democracy, for the government we elected, and they are shooting at us. The world must help Myanmar."
