Myanmar’s security forces kill 82 in Bago: report
By DW
12 April 2021 |
7:58 am
Activists say scores of people were killed in one day in Myanmar's Bago as troops and police fired rifle grenades at anti-coup protesters. Injured demonstrators were reportedly denied medical assistance.
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