Bomb blasts and flash protests as Myanmar enters fourth month under junta

This handout photo taken and released by Dawei Watch on May 1, 2021 shows protesters holding posters featuring detained civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a demonstration against the military coup in Dawei. - AFP

YANGON, May 1 (AFP): Explosions blasted off throughout Myanmar's largest city Yangon on Saturday as protesters held flash marches for democracy, defying a brutal junta that has held onto power for three blood-drenched months.

The country has been in an uproar since the military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1, bringing an abrupt end to Myanmar's short-lived experiment with democracy.