At least 18 people were killed on Sunday in Burma in demonstrations against the military coup, one of the heaviest results since the start of these protests, the day after a strong call for resistance against this "
dictatorship.
"
unjust
”launched by an opposition leader.
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In Yangon, the economic capital, in Hlaing Tharyar commune, police and soldiers clashed with protesters armed with sticks and knives, who were hiding behind makeshift barricades and fled after security forces opened the door. fire.
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I can confirm that 15 have died,
" a female doctor told AFP, adding that she had treated around 50 injured people and expected the death toll to rise.
According to the monitoring group of the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners, which checks arrests and deaths since the coup, the toll is higher.
In Yangon's Tamwe neighborhood, the evening newspaper confirmed another death, indicating that hundreds of protesters attempted to burn down a police station, prompting authorities to open fire to disperse them.
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Scenes of similar chaos unfolded throughout the day in other parts of the country, with one person shot dead in the town of Hpakant in northern Burma and a woman shot dead in head to Mandalay, the country's second largest city.