On Friday April 9, Burmese security forces used grenades to disperse a demonstration against the coup near Yangon, killing more than 80 people, according to the watch group of the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners (AAPP ) and local media.

No details were immediately available on the results of the repression of this demonstration in Bago, a town located about 90 kilometers from the economic capital of the country, as security forces gathered the bodies in the compound. 'a pagoda before closing off the neighborhood, according to witnesses and local media.

DAILY UPDATE (10/4)



701, incl.

82 at Maggatic Road masscare (9 Apr), Bago City, killed by this junta



3012 currently detained



656 issued warrants



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fatalities https://t.co/YgK3XZcNcO


released https: // t. co / IPh4I3Yp8K pic.twitter.com/xqZxSJtr6g

- AAPP (Burma) (@aapp_burma) April 10, 2021

The AAPP and the Myanmar Now news site reported on Saturday that 82 people were killed during the protest against the February 1 coup.

"It's like genocide," said one of the protest organizers, according to comments reported by Myanmar Now.

"They shoot at every shadow."

The UN in Myanmar is following events in Bago with reports of heavy artillery being used against civilians and medical treatment being denied to those injured.


The violence must cease immediately.


We call on the security forces to allow medical teams to treat the wounded.

pic.twitter.com/VyO7gRpWPO

- United Nations in Myanmar (@UNinMyanmar) April 10, 2021

Many of the city's residents have fled, according to social media posts.

A spokesperson for the ruling military junta in Burma could not be reached immediately for comment on the information.

Daily death toll

The AAPP, which publishes a daily toll of victims and arrests linked to protests, previously reported that 618 people had been killed since the military took power.

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This figure is disputed by the army, which justifies the putsch by the fact that the legislative elections in November, won by the party of the Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, had been rigged, an accusation refuted by the electoral commission. .

Junta spokesman General Zaw Min told a press conference on Friday that the army had recorded 248 deaths among civilians and 16 among the security forces, adding that the latter were not using no automatic weapons.

MPs dismissed from their posts by the junta on Friday called on the United Nations Security Council to put pressure on the junta.

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