Myanmar’s military government accused deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi of accepting illegal payments as eight people were killed on Thursday when security forces opened fire on protests against the coup, witnesses and local media said.
Rights group Amnesty International accused the military of adopting battle tactics against demonstrators.
Six people were killed in the central town of Myaing when forces fired on a protest, a man who took part in the demonstration and helped carry bodies to hospital told Reuters by telephone. A health worker there confirmed all six deaths.
“We protested peacefully,” the 31-year-old man said. “I couldn’t believe they did it.”
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