Protesters take cover behind homemade shields during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on February 28, 2021. - AFP
YANGON, Feb 28 (Reuters): Myanmar police opened fired on protesters on Sunday killing at least four people and wounding several in the bloodiest day of weeks of demonstrations across the country against a military coup, a doctor and a politician said.
A woman also died of a suspected heart attack after police broke up a teachers' protest with stun grenades in the main city of Yangon, her daughter and a colleague said.
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