The police and military of Myanmar on Monday opened fire with rubber bullets at protesters in the city of Mandalay to disperse a protest demonstration against the seizure of power by the military.
The Irrawaddy portal reports this on its Facebook page.
According to his data, representatives of the security forces produced a number of detainees. It is noted that several people were injured. The police also used force against journalists, the portal claims.
Let us remind you that on February 1, the Myanmar military announced the introduction of a state of emergency for a year and the removal of the country's leadership, explaining this by large-scale falsifications in the elections held in November 2020.
High-ranking officials were detained, including President Win Myung and State Counselor, Foreign Minister and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, whose party won the election and was supposed to start forming a government. The military presented an updated list of cabinet members, they have already taken ministerial posts. After that, protests against the military coup began in the country.
