Myanmar’s Bloodiest Armed Forces Day

On this day in 2021, over 100 people were killed across Myanmar by the military which unleashed a brutal crackdown on civilians staging peaceful protests against the February 1 coup.

The incident marked the bloodiest day of the junta’s crackdown on peaceful protesters since the military seized power from the democratically elected government.

The regime responded to street protests with tear gas and live ammunition, though it first said it only used rubber bullets. Dozens of protesters were killed, many of them targeted in the head.