584:. Riot police quelled the rally, injuring several protesters in the process. She was standing under a bus shelter, taking cover from water cannons, while she was shot. Mya had been wearing a motorcycle helmet at the time of the shooting. Recorded video from bystanders captured the exact moment she was shot in the head. Subsequent analysis of images from the protest conducted by
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Video of the shooting and a photo of an unconscious and blood-stained Mya were widely circulated on
Burmese language social media, with supporters dubbing her a protest martyr. Citizens criticized and attacked two officers purportedly involved in the shooting on social media, although the identities
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Mya was admitted to
Naypyidaw's 1,000-bed general hospital in critical condition. On the morning of 12 February, doctors unsuccessfully attempted to surgically dislodge the bullet from her head. Doctors declared her medically brain dead, due to the complete loss of brain function, and advised her
625:, stated "We cannot witness any more Mya Thwe Thwe Khaings" and urged the public to join the civil disobedience movement. On 11 February, Mya's sister, Mya Thado Nwe, publicly addressed media outlets, and urged the public to "uproot the military dictatorship" for the sake of future generations.
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expressed its condolences to Mya's family and called "on the military and police to refrain from using disproportionate force against demonstrators." On 12 February, Progressive Voice, a coalition of 177 local civil society organisations, published an
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The violent use of force in Mya Thwe Thwe Khaing's shooting sparked national outrage, with celebrities and public figures such as
Thandar Hlaing criticizing her treatment. Nyi Nyi Tun, the chair of the
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She has become a focal point for demonstrators, with her image often displayed by people resisting the coup. Her funeral on 21 February 2021 was attended by several thousand protesters.
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710:"'It was her spirit': Myanmar teen shot by police was determined to protest coup"
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Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, mentioned her on
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1384:"Face of protest in Myanmar: Social media users launch hunt for girl's shooter"
1105:"မမြသွဲ့သွဲ့ခိုင်အတွက် ဆုတောင်းပွဲ ရန်ကုန်မြို့ မြို့တော်ခန်းမအနီးတွင် ပြုလုပ်"
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Facebook page is now used in posters and protest rallies
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1297:"မမြသွဲ့သွဲ့ခိုင် ပစ်ခတ်ခံရမှုအပေါ် UN အထူးကိုယ်စားလှယ် မေးခွန်းထုတ်"
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showed police carrying
Myanmar-made BA-94 or BA-93 clones of the
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659:. Protesters have also used her photos compared with ones of
771:"Myanmar coup: Huge crowds mourn woman killed in protests"
1427:"Myanmar coup: Woman shot during anti-coup protests dies"
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1130:"မန္တလေးနိုင်ငံခြားဘာသာတက္ကသိုလ် သမဂ္ဂက အထိုင် ဆန္ဒပြ"
684:"Myanmar coup: Woman shot at protest fights for life"
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1463:Deaths by firearm in Myanmar
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301:2022 monsoon season campaign
76:Internal conflict in Myanmar
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132:Early violence and clashes
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