YANGON (Reuters): Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday (May 2) killing eight people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis.
The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated with demonstrations in Myanmar communities around the world to mark what organisers called "the global Myanmar spring revolution".
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