'Flower strike' in Myanmar to commemorate those killed in crackdown; junta slammed for child deaths

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on April 2, 2021 shows a protester holding an overturned alms bowl during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFP

YANGON, April 2 (dpa): Hundreds of people in Myanmar laid flowers in public places on Friday in memory of the victims of the violent military clampdown following the February coup.

Organisers called for a "flower strike" saying these should be laid in places such as parks and bus stops in remembrance of "heroes who can't come back home."