Demonstrators protest outside a road blocked by riot police in Mandalay, Burma’s second largest city. – / AP / SIPA
He is the first victim of the repression of the generals. Gunshot wounds last week during a demonstration in Burma, a 20-year-old protester died on Friday morning, the hospital where she was treated announced.
“We confirm his death at 11 am this morning,” his doctor said, adding that his body had been taken to the NayPyidaw Forensic Institute for examination. Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing was shot in the head on February 9 during a demonstration against the coup in Naypyidaw, the administrative capital of Burma.