[kellyhound]

Myanmar teenager Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing was supposed to be celebrating her 20th birthday on Thursday. (other sources mention 21st b'day)

Instead, she is fighting for her life in a hospital in the capital Naypyitaw after she was shot in the head when police cracked down on a protest against the military coup.

Myanmar’s army seized power on Feb. 1 and detained elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi, ending a long transition towards democracy and bringing tens of thousands of demonstrators onto the streets.

The shooting of the teenager - the first known serious casualty of the protests - has roused anger across the nation and rallied support for the anti-coup movement, many of whose members are part of a Generation Z who say they refuse to allow another generation to experience military rule.

Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing, a 19-year-old grocery store worker, had traveled with her sisters from a nearby village to Naypyitaw, the army-built capital in the center of the country, for a protest on Tuesday. It was one of dozens in towns and cities across the country.

Police quashed the peaceful protest with water cannon and gunfire. The teenager was struck in the back of the head with a live round as she was fleeing. Doctors do not expect her to survive.

Her brother Ye Htut Aung told the family – though supportive of the protests – had urged her against going to the demonstration for fear of violence. She insisted.

[Bananamanize]

Bummer. Good thing nobody’s ever tried to stage a coup in the United St-oh waitttttt........

[Hobbes12]

Troll

[Trucked up]

Scored a headshot at that distance, pretty good shooting.

[deadhorsey]

Hey that’s one way of shutting them up.