Minutes after the ambulance left, an army truck stopped at the end of the street and soldiers opened fire on the group, said Dr. Si Thu. At this point the other two men were wounded, one in the chest and one in the arm.
Mr. Maung Maung Oo was taken to the Byamaso Social Association hospital where he died, said U Zar Ni, a doctor there. U Lei Lei, another doctor at the hospital, said a second protester also died there from a gunshot wound.
Later, after protesters in Mandalay largely dispersed, a woman was shot in the head and killed as police and soldiers cleared barricades and apparently fired arbitrarily at people in the street, a witness said. Dr. Tsar Ni said the woman, whose name was not published, was dead when she arrived at Byamaso Hospital.
In Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, a protester named Hein Htut Aung, 23, was shot dead during a demonstration in Thingangyun Township. His death was confirmed by the Nadi Ayar Hospital, where he was taken. Another protester in Yangon, Nyi Nyi Aung Htet Naing, was also shot dead, according to family members. The last post on his Facebook page was “#How_Many_Dead_Bodies_UN_Need_To_Take_Action?”
When teachers gathered to demonstrate at another protest location in Yangon, police began firing tear gas and rubber bullets near them, and an elementary school teacher identified as Daw Tin Nwet Yi died of a heart attack, a witness said.
Police also arrested at least 100 medical students in Yangon as they prepared to march in their white coats in a separate protest, witnesses said. Doctors have spearheaded the civil disobedience movement, and many have refused to work in government hospitals, which the coup brought under military control.
