Warning shots fired as 10,000 again rally in Yangon

Warning shots fired as 10,000 again rally in Yangon

Source: ChannelNewsAsia.com dated 27.09.2007

YANGON - Myanmar security forces Thursday fired warning shots over a crowd of 10,000 protesters near downtown Yangon, just three hours after soldiers dispersed a much larger crowd in the city, witnesses said.

Shots were rapidly fired over the protesters, who quickly ran through the eastern edge of downtown Yangon, just blocks from where tens of thousands had earlier braved a government crackdown.

The protesters in that part of the city had repeatedly defied military orders to disperse throughout the day, constantly regrouping after each crackdown, witnesses said.

At least two other protests took place in neighbourhoods near monasteries that were raided by security forces during the night, witnesses said.

Those rallies were also dispersed with teargas, baton charges and warning shots, the witnesses said.

Security forces raided the two monasteries during the night, arresting about 100 Buddhist monks at one of them, witnesses added.

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