Almost 70 killed on Armed Forces day in Myanmar

his screengrab from a UGC video provided to AFPTV from an anonymous source and taken on March 27, 2021 shows protesters watching as smoke rises from a burning makeshift barricade during a demonstration against the military coup in Yangon's Thaketa township. - AFP

YANGON (Bloomberg): Dozens of Myanmar protesters died in demonstrations on a holiday once known as Resistance Day, as both the junta and those against its February coup showed no signs of backing down from weeks of conflict.

At least 77 people in 36 townships were killed on Saturday (March 27) during crackdowns by the military, according to rights group Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, adding that the number may be much higher. That would make it the bloodiest day since the coup” began, the association’s co-founder Bo Kyi said.