More than 60 protesters killed in Myanmar on ‘day of shame for armed forces’


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8:05PM Sat March 27, 2021 28 REUTERS 27th March 2021 – (Yangon) Myanmar’s security forces shot and killed at least 64 people – including a young boy – on Saturday, news reports and witnesses said, even as the ruling junta’s leader said the military would protect the people and strive for democracy. Protesters against the Feb. 1 military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other towns, defying a warning that they could be shot “in the head and back”, while the country’s generals celebrated Armed Forces Day. “Today is a day of shame for the armed...