Army car hits protesters in Myanmar: "5 dead" and "at least three injured"

Protests in Yangon, Myanmar (AP archive photo)

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December 05, 2021A Burmese army car crashed into a group of people demonstrating against the military dictatorship in Yangon.

According to

, which cites Myanmar Now, five people have been killed and 15 arrested.

The budget would instead be three injured according to

.

"They had increased their speed as they approached the demonstrators,"

a local reporter

told

, "so the soldiers jumped out of the car and started shooting."     

Some of the protesters, who were holding up placards with the portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi, the leader of the civilian government deposed and imprisoned by the junta last February, fell to the ground and others fled.

The military then began beating three people on the ground, writes

.

Photos and videos on social media -

writes

- show a vehicle crashing into protesters.