Security forces fire on protesting medical workers in Myanmar, leaving at least one dead – local media

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Security forces for Myanmar’s military government have fired on protesting medical workers in the city of Mandalay, killing one and reportedly arresting six demonstrators. A further 14 individuals were detained in the city.

A strike held by medical workers in Mandalay was broken up by security forces shortly after it started on Thursday. Khit Thit Media says that shots were fired by troops in the neighborhood of the protest, killing at least one. Local media reports say that a man was killed when soldiers stormed the Sule Mosque compound. Radio Free Asia claimed two more were injured in the attack at the religious site.

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