Myanmar security forces shoot dead more than 60 protestors including young boy on ‘day of shame’


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News Myanmar’s military junta massacred a five-year-old boy and more than 100 protestors as troops opened fire on pro-democracy protestors. It comes after state television warned demonstrators they were ‘in danger of getting shot to the head and back’ on Friday. Protesters against the February 1 military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay and other towns, defying they warning that they could be shot, while the country’s generals celebrated Armed Forces Day. The deaths on Saturday, one of the bloodiest days since the coup, takes the number of civilians reported killed to nearly 400. Tens of thousands...