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Myanmar police fire water cannon at Naypyidaw protesters
Police fired the water cannon in brief bursts against a group of the thousands of protesters who had gathered. The video showed some protesters appeared to have been hurt when they were knocked to the ground.
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Protesters ride scooters in a large convoy demonstration against the military coup in Naypyidaw on February 7, 2021. (Agence France Presse/Str)
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olice in Myanmar's capital Naypyidaw used water cannon on Monday against protesters demonstrating against a coup a week ago when elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi was detained, video from the scene showed.
Police fired the water cannon in brief bursts against a group of the thousands of protesters who had gathered. The video showed some protesters appeared to have been hurt when they were knocked to the ground.
Police appeared to stop using the water cannon after protesters appealed to them, but the demonstration continued.
Now in #Naypyidaw. Police use water canons against protesters. A guy goes down bleeding at the end of the clip. Such use of force and proximity of the water cannon to civilians is cause for serious concern. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmarcoup #CivilDesobedienceMovement pic.twitter.com/i1bz0MwiPt
— Rin Fujimatsu (@rinfujimatsu) February 8, 2021
In Yangon, hundreds of anti-coup protesters marched in the country's biggest city on Monday on the third day of street demonstrations against a coup a week ago in which the army detained Suu Kyi.
A group of saffron-robed monks marched in the vanguard of the protest with workers and students. They flew multicoloured Buddhist flags alongside red banners in the colour of Suu Kyi's National league for Democracy (NLD), witnesses said.
"Release Our Leaders, Respect Our Votes, Reject Military Coup," said one sign. Many protesters wore black
