BREAKING: At least six injured in violent crackdown in Mandaly. Sources say soldiers and police taking direct command from the military are beating and detaining peaceful protesters there. The situation is ongoing. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read more: bit.ly/3jTfdSa
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- BREAKING: Police and soldiers are firing indiscriminately to break up protests in Mandalay at 26th and 82nd streets. Frontier journalist says they are firing into homes but number of casualties is unclear. Many demonstrators also being arrested. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- BREAKING: A man has been shot in his left rib in Mandalay and is being rushed to a nearby hospital. More police and soldiers are arriving at an increasingly violent crackdown on demonstrators there. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
- Terrified protesters in Tarmwe huddle in a shop to escape from police after they broke up a demonstration earlier today. A brutal crackdown is underway across #Yangon against anti-military protesters. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MilkTeaAlliance Read more: frontiermyanmar.net/en/myanmar-pro…
00:00 - BREAKING: Two confirmed dead in Mandalay crackdown after security forces open fire on unarmed protesters in Mandalay. Several others have been injured. Photos confirm live rounds fired. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar Read more on our liveblog: bit.ly/2N4CDaO
- The streets of Yangon are quieter today than yesterday, though that was a day that left several dead. Parts of Insein Road this afternoon "could be described as a battle zone", said our photographer, who snapped these shots from the front lines. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Protesters turn their ire on state-owned media, describing it as "fake news" and "disinformation" as Facebook announces it will limit the spread of content from the Tatmadaw's main communication channels. Read more: bit.ly/2N4CDaO #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Security forces used a wide range of ammunition against protesters in Mandalay, including live rounds and rubber bullets but also marbles, stones, nuts and screws welded together into a spike. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- BREAKING: At least one dead in Mandalay crackdown. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
- Police are making arrests in Sanchaung after firing tear gas repeatedly at protesters on Bagayar Road. Demonstrators had set up barricades on the road to prevent the police from detaining them. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Police have fired tear gas repeatedly at protesters in Sanchaung #Yangon this morning near Myaynigone. Reports also of a crackdown on protesters at Hledan Junction, with shots fired. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
- Video taken from bridge near Sule Pagoda - the epicentre of protests in downtown Yangon today calling for an end to military rule and release of Aung San Suu Kyi - shows tens of thousands marching east along Mahabandoola Road and around the pagoda. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
00:00 - BREAKING: Security forces fire live rounds on protesters in the western Yangon factory district of Hlaing Tharyar. Frontier saw two demonstrators injured and thick smoke is rising from what appears to be two large fires in the area -- cause unknown. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar


























