Police in Burma have fired gunshots into the air and water cannon to disperse protesters who defied bans on public gatherings amid nationwide outrage over last week’s military coup. Protests erupted for a fourth straight day on February 9 to denounce dictatorship and the arrest of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, despite a warning from the new junta that they would take action against demonstrations that threatened "stability." Reports said police fired gunshots into the air to disperse demonstrators in the capital, Naypyitaw, and other cities across the country, also known as Myanmar, after blasting them with water cannon.
PHOTO PACKAGE: Burma Police Clamp Down On Anti-Coup Protesters
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Police fire a water cannon at protesters rallying against the military coup and to demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, in Naypyitaw, February 9, 2021.
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Police fire water cannons at protesters as they continue to demonstrate against the February 1 military coup in the capital Naypyidaw on February 9, 2021. (Photo by STR / AFP)
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Police fire water cannons at protesters as they continue to demonstrate against the February 1 military coup in the capital Naypyidaw on February 9, 2021.
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A demonstrator is tended by medics in an ambulance after police fired water cannon on demonstrators during a protest against the military coup, in Naypyitaw, February 9, 2021.
