Seven dead in Myanmar as Amnesty accuses army of ‘killing spree’
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Killings come as UN calls for restraint and Amnesty accuses army of using battlefield tactics against protesters.
At least seven people have been killed in Myanmar after security forces opened fire on anti-coup protesters, according to witnesses and local media, hours after the United Nations Security Council called on the military to “exercise utmost restraint” in its response to peaceful demonstrators. Six people were killed in the central town of Myaing on Thursday when security forces fired on a protest, one man who took part in the demonstration and helped carry bodies to hospital, told Reuters by telephone. A health worker there confirmed all six deaths. “We protested peacefully,” the 31-year-old man said. “I couldn’t believe they did it.”
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