At least three monks killed, 200 people arrested in Myanmar UPDATE |
|
|
|
Published
:
Wed, 26 Sep 2007 14:38
|
(updates with details on numbers arrested)YANGON, Myanmar (Thomson Financial) - At least three monks were killed in clashes with Myanmar security forces who cracked down on anti-government protests in Yangon, officials told AFP.'According to the information that we received, at least three monks were killed,' one Myanmar official told AFP on condition of anonymity.One monk was killed when a gun went off as he tried to wrestle the weapon away from a soldier, while two others were beaten to death, the official said.His account was confirmed by a second official, who said the toll was based on official reports of incidents that took place around the Shwedagon Pagoda, Myanmar's holiest site and a key rallying point for the monks.About 200 people, as many as half of them Buddhist monks, were arrested on Wednesday by Myanmar's security forces, witnesses and diplomats also said.tf.TFN-Europe_newsdesk@thomson.comâ€Âafp/jlc/rfwCOPYRIGHTCopyright Thomson Financial News Limited 2007. All rights reserved.The copying, republication or redistribution of Thomson Financial News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Financial News.
|
|
|
|
Print this Story
At least four killed, 100 hurt in Myanmar crackdown UPDATE 