A rare and devastating look at the risks, violence and danger facing civilians in #Myanmar's second-largest city through the lens of a journalist from @FrontierMM. #WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar frontiermyanmar.net/en/in-the-line…
"The protests in these wards escalated from March 20, when demonstrators set up a series of large barricades of sandbags and bamboo poles and sheets to block the residential streets running north-south between Manaw Hari and Theik Pan roads. Also known as 110th Street, ...
... Manaw Hari is usually one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares but when I visited it was deserted, and the barriers gave it the appearance of a city under siege."
"The junta responded by deploying large numbers of police and soldiers to the neighbourhood to crush the protests, and at least 25 people have been killed since March 20 in the area. Many more have been injured or detained."
"In the face of this violence, protesters and residents have worked together to protect themselves as best they can. Residents have let demonstrators hide in their homes and informed them of the presence of soldiers and police on the streets."
"When I visited the area on March 22, residents warned protesters of the presence of snipers on roofs between 56th Street and Manaw Hari Street. A video was later shared on social media confirming that seven soldiers were located high up in buildings shooting at protesters."
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