Myanmar: Woman anti-coup protester shot in head dies

Young woman shot by police last week in anti-coup protest in Nay Pyi Taw dies, becomes 1st victim of military junta rule

By Kyaw Ye Lynn

YANGON, Myanmar (AA) - A 20-year old woman died ten days after she was shot in the head during an anti-coup protest in Myanmar’s administrative capital, according to a family member on Friday.

Mya Thwet Thwet Win, a university student, was shot in the head on Feb. 9 and had been under treatment in critical condition.

Mya Tha Toe New, the victim's sister, said the family decided on Thursday to remove the artificial ventilation system.

“According to doctors, her brain was dead due to the gun wound. She was assumed still alive because of the ventilation system, and we had agreed to remove it yesterday [Thursday]. The post mortem will be carried out today,” she told Anadolu Agency over the phone on Friday.

The ventilation system was removed on Friday at around 11 a.m. local time (0430GMT), she added.

Police claimed they used only rubber bullets in cracking down the protest in Nay Pyi Taw.

However, a local media report citing an unnamed physician treating her and computed tomography said she was severely wounded by live rounds.

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