May 3, 2021
A view shows a Tatmadaw helicopter falling after being shot down in Konlaw, Myanmar, May 3, 2021, in this still image obtained from a social media video by REUTERS.
An ethnic rebel group in Myanmar said it had shot down a military helicopter on Monday as fighting in the country's northern and eastern frontier regions intensified following an army coup.
Domestic media also reported that a junta-appointed local administrator had been stabbed to death in the main city, Yangon.
Violence has spiralled since the Feb. 1 coup, with at least 766 civilians reported killed by security forces and increasing confrontation with ethnic armies on Myanmar's fringes and junta opponents in the cities and countryside.