Naypyitaw: Ahead of the annual parade on the occasion of Armed Forces Day in Myanmar, the country’s military junta has warned the pro-democracy protesters to not risk themselves from being shot in the head or back as activists called for a huge show of defiance against the generals.
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Troops killed four more people in demonstrations on Friday, adding to a reported death toll of more than 320 people in the crackdown that has followed the coup against Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government on 1 February.
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A broadcast on the state MRTV news channel said: “You should learn from the tragedy of earlier ugly deaths that you can be in danger of getting shot in the head and back”.
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The warning did not specifically indicate that the security forces had been give shoot-to-kill orders, and the junta has previously tried to suggest that some fatal shootings have come from within the crowds of protesters.
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