Sep 28, 2007 (DVB)--Soldiers
have used slingshots to
disperse demonstrations in
Rangoon today, which have been
less organised than on
previous days.Chants from the
protestors have taken on a
different tone from earlier
messages of goodwill, with
protestors calling for
lightning to strike and kill
those who had attacked
mon
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Sep 28, 2007 (DVB)--Soldiers
have used slingshots to
disperse demonstrations in
Rangoon today, which have been
less organised than on
previous days.Chants from the
protestors have taken on a
different tone from earlier
messages of goodwill, with
protestors calling for
lightning to strike and kill
those who had attacked
monks.'Before they were
chanting metta, but now they
are cursing the soldiers,'
said a local resident.Troops
were deployed at the corner of
Sule pagoda road and Anawrahta
road where shootings took
place yesterday, about six
blocks away from the Pansodan
junction with Anawrahta road
where more than 10,000 people
were protesting.Another group
of 5,000-10,000 protestors
assembled at around 3.30pm in
the Chinatown area at the
junction of Strand road and
Keile road, also cursing
government security forces. No
government troops, guards or
supporters were seen at this
location.'It's like they're
trying not to upset the
Chinese. We've seen an army
truck passing by Chinatown,
but no troops have been
deployed,' said a Rangoon
resident.The group moved on
towards Sule pagoda road but
was broken up at around 4pm by
government troops from
battalion 66 firing slingshots
at them.Four army trucks were
seen, one with a loudspeaker
urging residents not to
provide refuge to protestors
and ordering them to refrain
from firing slingshots at
security forces from their
homes. The announcements
threatened action against
anyone sheltering
protestors.There have also
been reports that warning
shots were fired at
demonstrations at Theingyizay
market, but these were not
said to have been aimed
directly into the
crowds.Reporting by Than Win
Htut and Aye Nai (www.dvb.no)

Category News & Politics

Tags burma, burmese, monks, myanmar, rangoon, yangon