Mourners chant and give a three-finger salute at the funerals for three men killed in Yangon's North Okkalapa Township on March 3. (Frontier)
Mourners chant and give a three-finger salute at the funerals for three men killed in Yangon's North Okkalapa Township on March 3. (Frontier)

‘They are only children’: Grief, defiance on display at funerals for fallen heroes

Three protesters killed in North Okkalapa on March 3 received an emotional farewell at Yangon’s Yayway Cemetery, with more than 500 mourners chanting slogans and giving the three-finger salute.

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