Extreme tensions are running high across Myanmar over anti-military protests.

Police fired on the demonstrators to take control of the situation. At least five protesters were killed on Sunday.

A number of people have been injured. It is known that first one, then another, then two more, five people have been killed so far in Myanmar.

Three were killed in the southern town of Dowie. One person has been killed in Yangon. At least eight protesters have been killed since the uprising in Myanmar.

Police in riot gear stormed a rally on Sunday, removing hundreds of protesters by truck. This is their most aggressive anti-repression protest since the coup.