From Herald Sun :

Shots fired at new Burma protest

From correspondents in Rangoon

September 28, 2007 08:36pm

BURMESE security forces have fired warning shots and launched baton charges on protesters again, trying to quell the biggest demonstrations against the junta in 20 years.

With at least 13 people killed since the crackdown began on Wednesday, the regime appeared to have cut the main Internet link to block the images and reports of the violence that have galvanised world opinion.

The bloodshed has triggered intense international criticism of the country's ruling generals, who have been trying to reassert their control and stifle the outpouring of public anger and frustration.

In the main city of Rangoon, protesters played cat-and-mouse with security forces, moving as close as possible before being confronted by advancing police and soldiers - and then regrouping to advance again.

"This is a non-violent mass movement," one student leader shouted as demonstrators clapped and shouted while trying to move towards the Sule Pagoda, one of the focal points of the street demonstrations.

"The monks have done their job and now we must carry on with the movement," he said.

With many monks now behind bars, the protests have been taken up by thousands of civilians who have taunted security forces and sometimes pelted them with rocks.

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