MAY 3, 2021
Several protesters were killed on Sunday, media reported, after Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, which organisers said would "shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people's unity."
YANGON • Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days, killing at least five people, the media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.
The protests yesterday, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with demonstrations in Myanmar communities around the world to mark what organisers called "the global Myanmar spring revolution".
"Shake the world with the voice of Myanmar people's unity," the organisers said in a statement.