Six dead as Myanmar security forces fire at protesters


A protester uses a fire extinguisher as others holding homemade shields run during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon on March 3, 2021. - AFP

YANGON (AFP): At least six people were killed as Myanmar security forces fired on pro-democracy protesters Wednesday (March 3), after the junta hit half a dozen detained journalists, including an Associated Press photographer, with criminal charges.

The country has been in chaos since Feb 1 when the military launched a coup and detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending Myanmar's decade-long experiment with democracy and sparking daily mass protests.

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