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Myanmar coup: UN chief Guterres slams ‘deadly violence’

By Abiodun Ogundairo
23 February 2021   |   12:38 pm
Security forces have opened fire on protesters in Mandalay, as anti-coup rallies honored a young woman who was killed by police at an earlier demonstration. UN Secretary-General Guterres spoke out.

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