The conflict between protesters and security forces in Myanmar has killed at least 510 people, according to Reuters.
Security forces shot and killed one man in the southernmost town of Kawthaung as they cleared the streets, the Mizzima news portal reported, and one person was killed in the northern town of Myitkyina, a relative of the 23-year-old victim told Reuters.
Police and a junta spokesman did not answer calls seeking comment.
Myanmar has been in turmoil since the army ousted an elected government led by Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, reimposing military rule after a decade of tentative steps towards democracy.
At least 512 civilians had been killed in nearly two months of protests against the coup, 141 of them on Saturday, the bloodiest day of the unrest, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) advocacy group.
Alongside the protests, a civil disobedience campaign of strikes has paralysed large parts of the economy. In a new tactic, protesters sought to step up the campaign by asking residents to leave garbage at intersections in the main city of Yangon.
“This garbage strike is a strike to oppose the junta,” read a poster on social media. “Everyone can join.”
Pictures posted on social media showed piles of rubbish building up.
Thousands of protesters came out to march in several other towns across the country on Tuesday, according to media and photos on social media.
