Deaths would bring the total to 220 since 1 February coup that ousted Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar security forces opened fire on demonstrators against a military coup in the central town of Aungban on Friday, killing eight people, according to a local news outlet.

Seven people were killed in the town and one wounded person died after being taken to hospital in the nearby town of Kalaw, the the Myanmar Now news portal said, citing Aungban’s funerary service.

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