3 protesters shot dead in Myanmar as workers stage general strike

Three anti-coup protesters were shot dead by security forces on Monday, local media reported, as workers staged a general strike across the country and the military government moved to shut down independent local media outlets.Two men were shot in the head in Myitkyina, capital of Myanmar's northernmost Kachin State when security forces opened fire at a crowd of hundreds of protesters, while the third was shot in the chest in Phyarpon, a small town in the country's southwestern Ayeyarwady Region.In the second such large-scale strike since the Feb. 1 coup, at least nine labor unions from var…READ FULL ARTICLE