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March 28, 2021

A Sunday of mourning, but also of new protests and violence.

Myanmar mourns the dead of yesterday's harsh repression, 114 people including children.

Funeral today.

And in Bago, where a procession followed the coffin of one of the victims, the police opened fire.

"While we were singing the song of the revolution, the security forces came and fired, we ran away," a woman named Aye told the Guardian.

Instead, two people were killed during the protests in various incidents in other cities.

In Monywa, Thinzar Hein, a 21-year-old nurse, lost her life: she was working as a volunteer and was helping the wounded when she was hit in the head by the shots of the armed forces.

Of the other victim, a man, there are no details.

The total number of deaths since the beginning of the protests exceeded 420 victims.

A rare statement, signed by the military leaders of 12 countries including Italy, today launches a warning and a condemnation.

"As Defense Chiefs, we condemn the use of lethal force against unarmed people by the Burmese Armed Forces and associated security services," reads the joint statement signed by the US, Canada and UK Chiefs of Staff. Germany, Italy, Greece, Denmark, the Netherlands, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.

"A professional army follows the rules of international conduct and its responsibility is to protect - not strike - the people it serves," the note continues, "we urge the Myanmar military to work to restore the respect and credibility lost with their own. actions in front of the Burmese people ".

Protesters again challenge the troops, not only in Monywa, but also in Yangon, Myinchan and Hapakant.

Meanwhile, horror stories follow one another: last night, soldiers shot a man in the city of Aungmyaythazan, in the Mandalay region, and then threw him into burning tire barricades.

Because of the fire, no one was able to get close to the victim, Aye Ko, a forty-year-old who was married and father of 4 children.