Myanmar Military Regime's Three Months Coup: Three Explosions Shakes Yangon, 764 Protesters Killed

Demonstration in support of the Myanmar people in Tokyo, Japan. (Twitter/@heinminnhtun)

JAKARTA - The Myanmar military regime has carried out another repressive action in breaking up anti-coup rallies, which took to the streets again on Sunday 2 May, marking three months after the coup took place.

After several days of decline, anti-coup rallies took to the streets to continue today, coinciding with the holding of the 'Global Myanmar Spring Revolution' which was held in several cities in the world, such as Washington DC, United States; Manchester, England; Milan, Italy; and Taipei, Taiwan.

Sunday's rallies were led by Buddhist monks in several of Myanmar's main cities, such as the commercial center Yangon and the second-largest city of Mandalay, where two protesters were reportedly shot dead by the Mizzima News Agency.

Meanwhile, three people died in the central city of Wetlet, Myanmar Now news agency said, and two people were killed in various cities in northeastern Shan State, two media reported. One person also died in the northern jade mining town of Hpakant, the Kachin News Group reported.

Demonstration in support of the Myanmar people in Washington DC, United States (Twitter/@htike_mee)

Unlike in big cities, the Myanmar military regime faces great ethnic resistance from armed forces in the northern and eastern border regions of Myanmar.

Ethnic armed Karen National Union (KNU), Kachin Independence Army (KIA), and Chinland Defense Force (CD) joined the people who mostly used hunting rifles, were able to kill dozens of Myanmar military, confiscated weapons and bases or posts belonging to Myanmar's military regime forces.

Separately, the Khit Thit media reported an explosion outside a police barracks in Yangon on Sunday morning. A number of vehicles caught fire but did not provide information about victims.

Not only that, The Irrawaddy reported two other explosions in Yangon, with one explosion outside the home of a government official, injuring one person. Meanwhile, a news portal in Shan State reported an explosion outside the home of a prominent businessman.

Meanwhile, military regime media in its evening news bulletin on Saturday provided details of at least 11 explosions during the previous 36 hours, most of them in Yangon.

"Some rioters who do not want the stability of the country have thrown and planted handmade bombs on government buildings and on public roads," it said.

For information, The Irrawaddy said, until Sunday evening, at least 764 protesters had been killed and more than 3,500 people detained by the Myanmar military regime since the February 1 coup.

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