9 Dead As Soldiers Fire On Myanmar Protest

Ye Htut, a government spokesman, said riot police clashed with anti-government protesters in the country’s largest city Yangon, killing nine and injuring eleven people. Thirty-one government troops were also injured, he said.

Witnesses and a Western diplomat told The Associated Press that dozens of people were arrested and severely hammered after soldiers fired into a crowd in Yangon. Continue reading 9 Dead As Soldiers Fire On Myanmar Protest – CBS News