Factbox-'Fallen Stars' from a day of bloodshed in Myanmar


  • World
  • Sunday, 28 Mar 2021

Aung Zin Phyo, an 18-year-old who volunteered in Myanmar's COVID-19 response and was killed at a protest on March 27, 2021, is seen in an undated photo obtained by REUTERS.

(Reuters) - Opponents of Myanmar's Feb. 1 military coup call those killed by security forces the "Fallen Stars" of protests against the junta and Saturday was the bloodiest day so far with at least 114 civilians reported dead by local news services.

Marked by the military as Armed Forces Day, it was also the full moon day of the last month in the Burmese year, the end of the dry season and a day on which people would normally have gone to pagoda festivals in the largely Buddhist country.

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