Army fires at funeral as Myanmar mourns day of ‘mass murder’ – By Al Jazeera Newsroom (Al Jazeera) / Mar 28 2021
Defence chiefs of 12 countries condemn Myanmar army after 114 people killed in deadliest crackdown yet on protests.
Myanmar security forces have opened fire on people gathered for the funeral of one 114 people killed on Saturday in the bloodiest day since the February 1 coup, as the defence chiefs of 12 countries condemned the military for its deadly crackdown on demonstrators.
There were no immediate reports of casualties in the shooting at the funeral on Sunday in the town of Bago, near the commercial capital Yangon, according to three people who spoke to Reuters news agency.
“While we are singing the revolution song for him, security forces just arrived and shot at us,” said a woman called Aye, who was at the service for Thae Maung Maung, a 20-year-old student who was shot on Saturday, Myanmar’s Armed Forces Day. “People, including us, run away as they opened fire.”
Two people were killed in firing on protests on Sunday in separate incidents elsewhere, witnesses and news reports said. One person was killed when troops opened fire overnight on a group of protesters near the capital Naypyidaw, Myanmar Now news reported.
