Burial of protester killed by Myanmar security forces

Funerals took place on Thursday in Myanmar for some of the victims killed by security forces, a day after the bloodiest day since protests erupted against last month's military coup.

The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, said 38 people were killed Wednesday, a figure consistent with other reports.

In Mandalay, thousands of mourners lined the streets and gave defiant three-fingered salutes as the hearse carrying the body of university student Kyal Sin made its way to a cemetery. She was also known by her Chinese name Deng Jia Xi.

She was hit in the head when police opened fire on a demonstration of teachers and students on Wednesday.

She was pictured just before her death, crouching by a barricade, wearing a black T-shirt with the slogan "Everything will be OK".

The black hearse that carried her remains had a photo of her on the windshield. It was preceded by a truck full of floral bouquets

Many thousands of people waited at the cemetery, with those in charge struggling to keep them back as the coffin was brought to the grave.