<span style="color: #222222;">In Myanmar, more than 80 people have been killed in the city of Bago by Myanmar security forces in a crackdown on a protest activists.<br />'' <br />'' </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Monitoring group the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) said the actual number of deaths was likely to be much higher.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The killings in Bago, near the main city of Yangon, are reported to have happened on Friday but took a whole day to emerge as many residents were forced to flee to nearby villages.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The military is reported to have taken away the bodies of those killed, and the true number of deaths has not been accurately established.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Witnesses told local media that soldiers had used heavy weapons and had shot at anything that moved. More than 600 people have been killed since last month's military coup.<br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mass protests have been taking place across Myanmar since the military seized control of the country on February 1 and declared a year-long state of emergency.</span><br />