Nine people have been killed in Yangon by government soldiers, according to Myanmar’s state-controlled television station. The dead include eight pro-democracy protestors and a Japanese cameraman.

The station says 11 demonstrators and 31 soldiers have been injured.

Buddhist monks have led hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protestors in street demonstrations over the past 10 days.

Following government raids on Buddhist monasteries, however, the protests are increasingly led by laymen.

• BBC: Nine killed in Burmese crackdown
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