Troops Fire at Funeral as Myanmar Mourns Bloodiest Day Since Coup

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By Reuters, 

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March 27, 2021

Men run during a protest against the military coup, in Yangon, Myanmar March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer REUTERS

(REUTERS) -MYANMAR security forces opened fire at a funeral on Sunday, witnesses said, as people across the country gathered to mourn 114 people killed the previous day in the worst crackdown on protests since last month's military coup.

Mourners fled the shooting at a service for 20-year-old student Thae Maung Maung in Bago near the commercial capital Yangon and there were no immediate reports of casualties, three people in the town told Reuters.

Myanmar Military Opens Fire on Funeral

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Updated March 28, 2021 

Mourners attend a joint funeral of three protesters, who were shot dead the day before by security forces during a crackdown anti-military coup demonstrations in Kawthaung in southern Myanmar. (Credit: Dawei Watch)

Myanmar’s security forces opened fire on a funeral Sunday, a day after more than 100 people were killed during protests against the February military coup.

Mourners fled the funeral in Bago, near the commercial capital of Yangon, as the gunfire erupted, according to witnesses. There were no immediate reports of casualties.