Anniversary of Myanmar leader's assassination

Описание: (19 Jul 2019) Myanmar's civilian and military leaders put aside their divisions Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the assassination of the country's independence hero, Prime Minister Aung San.
San was gunned down 72 years ago along with members of his cabinet.
San died in a hail of bullets just months before the country – then called Burma – achieved its freedom from British colonial rule.
San's daughter and Myanmar's current leader, State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, laid a wreath at the solemn Martyrs' Day ceremony, in a park in Yangon.
Also present were President Win Myint and military chief General Min Aung Hlaing.
Myanmar emerged from decades of military dictatorship after an election in 2015 returned it to democracy.
But the military still retains significant power through the country's constitution, which it authored, and which is a prime source of growing tension between it and the civilian government.
As the ceremony was held, citizens in Yangon showed their respect for San and his murdered colleagues.
Cars blared their horns in tribute and vendors sold commemorative items.

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