### [2021-04-9](/feed/2021/04/9/index.md)

##### 2021 Myanmar protests
# Troops shoot and kill ten people in Bago, Myanmar, as junta spokesman General Zaw Min Tun says the country is "returning to normal" as protests are "dwindling", and that government ministries and banks would resume full operations soon. 

Myanmar's junta said on Friday that a protest campaign against its rule was dwindling since people wanted peace, and that it would hold elections within two years, the first timeframe it has given for a return to democracy since its Feb. 1 coup.


### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-politics/myanmar-junta-says-protests-are-dwindling-as-at-least-10-reported-killed-by-troops-idUSKBN2BW0ZC) [Image](https://static.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20210409&t=2&i=1557888049&r=LYNXMPEH380HM&w=800)

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