Myanmar Death Toll Mounts Amid Protests, Military Crackdown
Relatives cry as they look at a body of a woman shot in her car on her way home from work, at Yayway cemetery in Yangon on April 2.
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Yangon, Myanmar (AP) -- Security forces in central Myanmar opened fire on anti-coup protesters on Saturday, killing at least two people according to local media. A human rights group said mounting violence since the Feb. 1 military takeover has killed at least 550 civilians.
Of those, 46 were children, according to Myanmar's Assistance Association for Political Prisoners. Some 2,751 people have been detained or sentenced, the group said.