9 Killed in 2nd Day of Myanmar Crackdown

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9 Killed in 2nd Day of Myanmar Crackdown

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YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Security forces fired automatic weapons into thousands of pro-democracy protesters for a second day Thursday, and the military government said nine people were killed and 11 wounded.

Tens of thousands defied the ruling military junta's crackdown with a 10th straight day of demonstrations in Myanmar's largest city, Yangon. Security forces also raided several monasteries overnight, beating monks and arresting more than 100, according to a monk at one monastery.

Among the dead was journalist Kenji Nagai of the Japanese video news agency APF News. Japanese broadcaster Fuji posted a photo on its Web site showing a man believed to be Nagai lying on his back — apparently wounded in the chest but holding a video camera in his hand — with a soldier pointing a gun at him at point-blank range.

The protests are the stiffest challenge to the generals in two decades, a crisis that began Aug. 19 with protests over a fuel price hike, then expanded dramatically when monks started leading the marches.

The crackdown has drawn increasing international pressure on the isolated regime.

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[spoony]

1. This could be just the beginning

The junta clearly doesn't have a problem with brutality, and those monks are the portrait of bravery, so I have to wonder what's going to stop this from becoming all-out slaughter.