One protestor was killed and 11 other people injured in Wednesday's clashes between protestors and the government's security forces during a 10,000-strong demonstration involving Buddhist monks, students and other people in Yangon, official media said Thursday.
The injured include eight police force members and three civilians during the clashes at a traffic point of the Sule Pagoda Road which leads to the pagoda, the heart of the city, the New Light of Myanmar said.
The security forces fired some shots to disperse the demonstrators who threw stones at the forces and burned down two motor cycles belonging to the forces, it added.
According to eyewitnesses, the security forces and riot police also fired warning shots and used tear gas to disperse crowds of demonstrators at holy Shwedagon Pagoda and other locations on Wednesday.
The demonstrations were staged Wednesday afternoon despite imposition of curfew order and ban of demonstration in the city since Tuesday night.
The curfew order and ban of gathering of more than five persons, which apply to almost all townships in Yangon and was issued by the Yangon Division General Administrative Department, came into force on Tuesday night from 9 p.m. (local time) to 5 a.m. for a period of 60 days.
Since Sept. 18, Buddhist monks and people have taken to the streets to stage demonstrations in Yangon and other parts of the country.
Source: Xinhua
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