A Myanmar nun, Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, kneeled before police officers in the city of Myitkyina to ask security forces to refrain from violence against children and residents. Screengrab (Reuters)A nun went down on her knees in front of policemen in a northern Myanmar town and pleaded with them to stop shooting protesters agitating against last month’s coup. Tawng and one of the policemen are seen touching their foreheads to the ground, but gunfire started soon afterwards. Tawng tried to bring some of the victims to the clinic before she was blinded by tear gas. It made me feel so sad.”The nun had also come between protesters and police lines late last month, pleading for peace, local media reported.

Source: The Express Tribune March 09, 2021 13:52 UTC