A monk, who was shot with live rounds during a demonstration by protesters against the military coup, receives medical attention at a makeshift medical centre in Mandalay on Saturday (March 13, 2021). - AFP
Yangon, March 13, 2021 (AFP/Reuters): At least five protesters were killed by security forces in Myanmar, witnesses and media reported, as activists marked the death anniversary on Saturday of a student whose killing in 1988 sparked an uprising against the military government.
Two people were killed and several injured when police opened fire on a sit-in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-biggest city, a witness told Reuters. Another person was killed in the central town of Pyay and two died in police firing in the commercial capital Yangon overnight, domestic media reported.
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