There were some casualties and arrests in a crackdown on the Yangon protest column in Kyimyindine Township on December 5, according to initial sources from those living nearby.

Security forces rammed their vehicle into a group of people staging a Yangon mass protest from the back on Panpingyi Road after 8am on December 5. Some casualties and arrests were reported. Eleven Media Group is still seeking to confirm. Moreover, authorities have yet to let know the media about the incident.

Video files on the car ramming the protest column from the back are going vial on Facebook.

“As I far as I know, a DC car rammed the protesters from the back after about 8am. Then, we heard gunfire. About four protestors were knocked down. Some said three died. There were those injured and arrested. A reporter was arrested too. All of them were taken in their car,” said a woman living nearby.  

 Reports have emerged that at least four people died but it could not be confirmed.

Panpingyi Road was closed till 12 noon from Upper Kyimyindine Street to the edge of Strand Road, and security forces were conducting checks, local residents said.

The State Administration Council has not released information about the incident.