The nun knelt again and appealed for refraining from violence, but the Myanmar military police again pointed their guns at the protesters.
Reuters reported on the 8th, citing witnesses that two protesters were shot and killed in the city of Mininah, in northern Kachin Province.
The news agency said several people were injured besides the dead.
Witnesses reported that the dead were protesting and were shot by bullets from nearby buildings.
Local social media reports that three people were shot by military police during a protest in Michina, and two of them were shot in the head and killed one after another.
It is also the place where a nun knelt in front of the police force alone on the 28th of last month, called’Blood Sunday’ due to the worst bloodshed.
At the time, Sister An Nu Taung, of the Convent of Saint Francis of Saberio, was reportedly unbearable after witnessing a number of injuries caused by the violent suppression of the police.
On this day, on local social media, a picture of a nun kneeling in front of the military and police, with both hands open and begging not to use violence, was released.
Looking at the photos, some police officers also knelt together and appear to react to the nun’s actions, attracting attention.
In the photo, which is believed to have been taken 40 minutes later, this nun was seen from behind as she looked at the protesters fell on the road.
Another photo reveals a nun mourning next to a man in the protesters who died in bleeding.
On the social media account, there was an explanation that the name of this sister was “An Rose Nu Taung” and that she was photographed in Michina that day.
It is presumed to be the same person as the nun in the photo on the 28th of last month.
Another local media, Irrawaddy, reported that the scene of a military police vehicle pushing a motorcycle on a protest participant was also included in a video taken by CC TV and residents.
The military and police also occupied major hospitals and universities from the night before to the dawn of the day, Reuters reported, citing state media.
The military and police also fired firearms in residential areas in the process of arresting officials from the Democratic National Alliance (NLD) led by state adviser Aung San Suu Kyi in the middle of the night, increasing citizens’ anxiety.
The Korean Embassy in Myanmar also requested a ban on going out and cracking down on lights and gates, saying that gunfires rang late the night before in the Yangon area through an emergency notice.
The embassy said, “In some areas and downtown where protests are violent, if any suspicious objects are found during vehicle check-ups, they are arbitrarily arrested.”
The alliance of labor unions in nine occupations, including construction, agriculture, and production, held a general strike on the same day to halt Myanmar’s economy and hit the military government in a coup.
In Yangon, the largest city, most businesses, including large shopping malls, were closed, and neither workers went to factories, Reuters quoted witnesses.
(Photo = SNS capture, Yonhap News)