Yangon residents beat on pots and pans to protest against the brutal crackdown by coup soldiers' over a peaceful protest, in Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar December 5, 2021, in this image obtained by Reuters from a social media video.
Yangon residents beat on pots and pans to protest against the brutal crackdown by coup soldiers' over a peaceful protest, in Kyimyindaing Township, Yangon, Myanmar December 5, 2021, in this image obtained by Reuters from a social media video.

UN calls on Myanmar to halt excessive force after media reports five killed

 The United Nations has called for Myanmar to hold to account anyone using excessive force against unarmed civilians after security forces rammed a car into an anti-coup protesters killing five of them, according to media and witnesses. Photographs and videos posted on social media showed a speeding vehicle crashing through a group of anti-coup protesters on Sunday in the main city of Yangon and bodies lying on the road. Witnesses told Reuters dozens had been injured. "Those responsible for the use of excessive and disproportionate use of force against unarmed civilians must be held to account," Ramanathan Balakrishnan, the U.N resident coordinator in Myanmar, said in a statement. The Myanmar Now news portal said the incident occurred minutes after a "flash mob" of people protesting against a Feb. 1 military coup had formed. As well as at least five deaths, 15 had also been arrested, it said.

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