It has unsettled residents with surprise nighttime raids, detained many young people who make up the core of the protest and resistance movements and caused the disappearances of many people suspected of working with underground rebels. The military has responded by sealing off neighborhoods for hours to hunt down suspects. In recent weeks, militia members have gunned down six police officers in the back of a train, injured five soldiers after tossing a bomb into a military truck and shot and killed a junta-supporting ward boss in his home. The explosions ring out in Yangon as urban guerrillas step up their attacks on the security forces and their suspected informants. 1 takeover and brutal crackdown on dissent that activists say has resulted in more than 1,100 civilian deaths. Now, the thud of bomb blasts marks the defiance against the military, known as the Tatmadaw, since its Feb.
Months ago, the banging of pots and pans each night by residents of Myanmar’s largest city symbolized resistance to the military coup that deposed the country’s elected government.
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