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March 27, 2021

There is also a 5-year-old boy among the 64 dead in Burma today and a one-year-old boy was reportedly hit in the eye by a rubber bullet.

This was reported by the Myanmar Now news portal, taken up by the Guardian.

The total victims of the repression following the protest could now reach 400. Among the dead today also a young local footballer of an under 21 team.

As the army celebrates Armed Forces Day with a parade in the capital, thousands of people again defied the junta's crackdown on one of the bloodiest days since the protests began.

In a video, captured by a security camera, soldiers are seen firing without being provoked against a motorcycle in a place where there are no protests: the military then captured one wounded, while two other people fled.

In another video, a man is seen crying as he tries to get the body into his car with his dead son in his arms.

Official media had issued a warning that soldiers would shoot protesters in the back and head.



Local media: at least 91 dead in protests


The toll of today's violent repression has risen to at least 91 dead.

Protesters took to the streets in Yangon, Lashio, Mandalay, Kyaukpadaung and Kyeikhto.



EU and GB condemnation: "The killing of unarmed civilians is an indefensible act"


The embassies of the European Union and the United Kingdom have condemned the killing of "unarmed civilians" in Burma, in conjunction with the Day of the junta's armed forces.

"This 76th day of the Myanmar armed forces will remain impressed as a day of terror and dishonor. The killing of unarmed civilians, including children, is an indefensible act", writes the EU embassy in Rangoon on social media.

The former British colonial power also claimed that the Security Forces "dishonored themselves by shooting unarmed civilians".