At least nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in clashes between security forces and protesters in Myanmar's capital, Damascus. Two people were killed in Mandalay. Four people died in Manuya.
Three other people were also killed. An eyewitness, a doctor, said one of the dead was shot in the chest in Mandalay. The second is a woman. The 19-year-old girl was shot in the head. Both died at the scene. Police first fired tear gas and rubber bullets at a crowd of thousands in Mandalay.
The crowd dispersed. After some time, they are attempting to gather in the same place again, police said calayamanuyaya a savior, he saw four bodies. However, a local newspaper called Manua Gazette reported the death toll as five.
The biggest city of Yangon, was injured in the police firing and 300 people have been arrested taraiyangune said. Aung San Suu Kyi's party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), won a landslide victory in Myanmar's November 8th national election, according to a video posted on social media showing hundreds of people being taken by truck under military and police supervision. ).
However, despite the NLD's landslide victory, the army-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) has refused to accept the results, alleging vote rigging. They demanded fresh elections. The new parliament was scheduled to convene on February 1.
Earlier in the day, the military declared a state of emergency in Myanmar for a year after arresting several top NLD leaders, including state councilor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Mint.
General Min Aung Hlaing, the army chief, came to power. After the army took power, ordinary people started a movement to demand the transfer of power to the democratic government and the release of the arrested leaders.
Myanmar's military says it is using "minimal force" to quell the protests. In addition to the violence in the country on Wednesday, 21 protesters and one policeman have been killed in violence against the military.
