A young man was shot and killed in Yangon, Myanmar, during a protest against the February 1 coup that overthrew the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, according to reports.
The death toll has risen to 238, the activist group of the Association for Assistance to Political Prisoners reported.
The violence comes amid recent domestic outrage and international condemnation after the nation’s government was overthrown in a coup led by General Aunt Min Hlaing, Myanmar’s commander-in-chief of the defense forces.
Suu Kyi, winner of the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize, who was elected in 2011, remains detained by the junta.
The State Department has granted temporary protection status to the approximately 1,600 people in Myanmar living in the United States.
