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Updated March 27th, 2021 at 18:07 IST

Myanmar forces shoot motorcyclist at random

Myanmar's security forces opened fire at point-blank range on three men who rode past their pick-up truck on a motorbike, in an incident recorded on video on Saturday in Dawei.

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Myanmar's security forces opened fire at point-blank range on three men who rode past their pick-up truck on a motorbike, in an incident recorded on video on Saturday in Dawei.

Footage showed the bike crashing into a gate and two of the men running off under renewed fire from what appeared to be police officers.

The third man could be seen falling on the ground after being hit, then carried onto one of the security vehicles.

It was later confirmed the third man survived and was being treated in hospital.

It wasn't clear what ammunition was fired.

Myanmar security forces met renewed anti-coup protests with unsparing violence on Saturday, firing live rounds into crowds across the country and killing scores of people in more than two dozen towns and cities.

 

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Published March 27th, 2021 at 18:07 IST

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