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At least 2 monks reportedly killed in Myanmar
Deaths come as government launches crackdown on demonstrators
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MSNBC News Services
Updated: 4 minutes ago
YANGON, Myanmar - At least two Buddhist monks were killed in Myanmar’s main city on Wednesday when security forces moved in to disperse the biggest anti-junta demonstrations in 20 years, a monastery official said.
Security forces fired warning shots and tear gas canisters as they tried to stop anti-government demonstrations in defiance of a ban on assembly.
About 300 monks and activists were arrested across Yangon, according to an exile dissident group, and reporters saw a number of monks — who are highly revered in Myanmar — being dragged into trucks
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