Myanmar security forces skills 8 more protesters
PBC News: Myanmar security forces shot dead eight anti-coup protesters in the central town of Aungban on Friday, reports Kyodo news agency, quoting the Myanmar Now news portal.
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Myanmar’s security forces have increasingly resorted to violence to quell protests that have gone on daily in opposition to the Feb. 1 military coup and the detention of prominent politicians like Aung San Suu Kyi.
As of Thursday, a total of 224 people had been killed since the coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, a rights group monitoring the violence in the country.
