BBC: 'Nine killed' in Burma crackdown
Thursday's violence followed reports of overnight raids on six monasteries. Witnesses say soldiers smashed windows and doors and beat sleeping monks. Some escaped but hundreds were taken away in military trucks.
With fewer monks on the streets on Thursday, the military may have had fewer qualms about firing on the civilians, correspondents say, as monks are held in high esteem in Buddhist Burma. Analysts fear a repeat of the violence in 1988, when troops opened fire on unarmed protesters, killing thousands.
The current protests were triggered by the government's decision to double the price of fuel last month, hitting people hard in the impoverished nation.
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Yeah, you got to see 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama. Shows some of the atrocities committed against the monks...
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