This photo taken and received from an anonymous source via Facebook on April 7,2021 shows resident watching as protesters take part in a demonstration against the military coup in Mandalay. - AFP
YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar troops stormed an anti-coup protest camp on Wednesday (April 7), a resident said, in a pre-dawn operation that local media said killed and wounded several demonstrators, as activists defied a bloody crackdown and internet blockade by the ruling junta.
Myanmar has been in chaos since a Feb 1 coup that ended a brief period of civilian-led democracy and sparked nationwide protests and strikes, despite the ruling military's use of lethal force to quell the resistance.
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