UN calls on Myanmar to halt excessive force after media reports five killed

Yangon residents beat on pots and pans to protest against the brutal crackdown by coup soldiers' over a peaceful protest, in Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar December 5, 2021, in this image obtained by Reuters from a social media video.

(Reuters) - The United Nations has called for Myanmar to hold to account anyone using excessive force against unarmed civilians after security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protesters killing five of them, according to media and witnesses.

Photographs and videos posted on social media showed a speeding vehicle crashing through a group of anti-coup protesters on Sunday in the main city of Yangon and bodies lying on the road. Witnesses told Reuters dozens had been injured.