Water cannons and tear gas were also used against the protesters, and a woman was hospitalized with serious head injuries.
News agencies quoted doctors as saying they saw wounds directly from the shots.
Protesters are standing up to the military coup that toppled the elected government last week.
Military leader Min Aung Hlaing warned that no one was above the law, but that large crowds and night curfews had been imposed.
Protesters are demanding the release of senior leaders of his National League for Democracy Party (NLD) as well as elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He was arrested when the army seized power and declared a 1-year state of emergency on 1 February.
Tuesday was the fourth day in a row of protests. In the evening, the NLD reported that its party headquarters in Yangon had been "destroyed by raids" by the military.
Myanmar's state-run TV said the demonstration is the first recognition that "offensive" to disperse the protesters and police were injured. It said a police truck had been destroyed in the town of Mandalay.
.Democracy will be restored in transparent elections: Myanmar’s army chief
.Anti-junta protests erupt in Myanmar, calling for a strike in government offices
Nellie (not her real name), an 18-year-old Yangon resident, described the scene outside her home as "chaotic."
"My biggest fear is our safety because there are a lot of people protesting on the streets but there is also a lot of violence from police officers. We don't know when we will be shot or when they will arrest us," he told BBC Outside Source on World Service Radio.
0 Comments