The incident comes as Myanmar awaits verdicts in trials of deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who faces nearly a dozen charges including incitement and violation of Covid-19 protocols. “We support the right of the people of Burma to protest peacefully,” the embassy added. The US Embassy also reacted, saying it was “horrified by reports that security forces opened fire against, ran over, and killed several peaceful protesters this morning in Yangon.” Local media reports some were killed in incident which left dozens wounded in country’s biggest city. The United Nations in Myanmar has condemned the incident, issuing a statement slamming the “reported attack on a number of unarmed civilians in Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon, in which a vehicle belonging to security forces rammed into protesters who were then fired upon with live ammunition leading to deaths and injuries to numerous people.” Myanmar military truck rams into anti-coup protest in Yangon.
The junta has long justified its power takeover by alleging fraud in last year's elections, which Suu Kyi's party swept in an apparent landslide, and have vowed to hold fresh polls in 2023.Yangon: Several people have been injured after a military truck rammed into a crowd of protesters in Myanmar’s commercial capital, Yangon.Įyewitnesses told local media that the soldiers then opened fire on some fleeing protesters, and beat others. It confirmed three people were injured - with one sustaining serious wounds - and 11 were arrested for "having a protest without asking for permission". Protests in Myanmar, known locally as the Spring Revolution (Burmese:, Burmese pronunciation: nw.t.l.j), began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'tat on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw. State-run MRTV news reported that security forces "took action" on the protesters, though it made no mention of soldiers using a vehicle to collide with them. Dozens took part in the march early on Sunday, with people chanting slogans, carrying portraits of. "The soldiers then pointed their guns at us and ordered all the bystanders to leave, so we had to leave," the resident added. Five people have been killed after security forces in Myanmar rammed an SUV into a crowd of anti-coup protesters in the Southeast Asian country’s largest city Yangon, local media have reported. Soldiers then started beating three people knocked over by the vehicle, a 26-year-old resident alleged.
People wearing costumes march with signs in a protest against the military coup in the ancient city of Bagan, Myanmar, February 11, 2021. One protester appeared to have been seriously wounded, said another person at the scene, and was taken with two others - one of them a Myanmar journalist - away in an ambulance. Anti-coup protests spread across Myanmar. "Then the soldiers jumped out of the car and started shooting," he said. He said a handful of people, some carrying banners in support of ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, were hit and splayed on the ground as others fled the scene. "They increased the speed when they got closer to the protesters - it was like they drove into them," he said, declining to provide his name for security reasons. Local media stated that 5 people were killed and several were injured when Myanmar security forces slammed a car into an anti-coup protest in Yangon, Myanmar.As per the reports of Al Jazeera, at least three protests were held in Yangon, which is Myanmar's largest city, on Sunday. The rally in Yangon was violently dispersed Sunday morning when a large car ploughed into it, according to a journalist there. More than 10 months of military rule has seen some 1,300 killed rallying against the army but small, highly mobile protests still crop up. The country has been in turmoil since February when the military seized power, triggering nationwide demonstrations which the junta sought to quell with violent crackdowns and mass arrests.
Myanmar soldiers wounded at least three people after ramming a car into a peaceful anti-coup rally in Yangon, eyewitnesses said Sunday.