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Myanmar Police Crack Down on Protesters

VOA News

   Myanmar police cracked down on people protesting Myanmar's military
   coup in the capital of Naypyitaw on Tuesday by firing warning shots,
   rubber bullets and water cannons, seriously injuring at least two
   protesters with what are believed to be gunshot wounds.

   Demonstrators gathered in the streets of Myanmar's capital for a fourth
   consecutive day, defying a set of restrictions imposed by the military
   junta aimed at stopping the massive protests against the overthrow of
   the elected civilian government

   An unnamed physician who treated protesters at a Naypyitaw hospital
   told VOA's Burmese Service that at least two demonstrators sustained
   what he believes were live gunshot wounds, one to the head, the other
   to the chest.

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