Smoke rises over Tamwe township in Yangon on March 27, 2021, as security forces continue to crack down on protests against a military coup.
Today is Myanmar’s Military Day and the military is using it as a show of strength, holding a military parade in the capital Nay Pyi Taw and claiming to protect the people in their quest for democracy; while shooting at least 50 people in the streets who are protesting in the streets.
Earlier, the media released a message warning people that they would be shot in the head or back if they took to the streets. But despite warnings that they could be shot in the head or back, people protested in Yangon, Mandalay (Wa) and other towns across the country.
According to the news website Myanmar Now, at least four people were killed and 10 injured when military police opened fire without warning on protesters outside a police station in Dala, a suburb of Yangon, just before dawn. Thirteen people were killed in Mandalay, nine in neighboring Sagaing and seven in Yangon, a major commercial city.
Smoke rises over Thaketa township in Yangon on March 27, 2021, as security forces continue to crack down on protests against the military coup.
Local residents reported that three people were killed in Yangon’s Insein district, including a young 21U soccer player, and four people were shot by military police in the eastern town of Lashio as a group of university students held a rally.
Four people were also killed in Bago province near Yangon as a result of local protests, while one person was killed in Hopin in the northeast.
Min Aung Hlaing, head of the armed forces, reiterated his commitment to holding general elections after presiding over a military parade in the capital Nay Pyi Taw to mark Military Day, but did not give a specific timetable. He also said that “the military seeks to join hands with the nation to defend democracy” and that the military government will also protect the people and restore calm to the country.
Sasa, spokesman for the Committee of Representatives of the Union Parliament of Burma (CRPH), which is made up of deposed members of parliament, said at an online forum that “today is a day of military shame and the military generals are celebrating Military Day when they have just massacred over 300 innocent civilians.
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