Coup-hit Myanmar sees temporary nationwide electricity outage; fresh bloodshed on the streets

Buddhist nuns surround the casket of Pho Chit, an anti-coup protester who died during a March 3 rally, during his funeral in Yangon, Myanmar on Friday, March 5, 2021. Demonstrators defy growing violence by security forces and stage more anti-coup protests ahead of a special U.N. Security Council meeting on the country's political crisis. - AP

YANGON, March 5 (AFP): Electricity supply was briefly cut across many areas of Myanmar on Friday because of a "system breakdown", according to multiple government agencies.

People started posting on Twitter and Facebook about the widespread blackouts across commercial hub Yangon at around 1:30 pm local time (0600 GMT).