“This soldier probably pushed Nagai first. This soldier then seemed to shoot him, judging from the angle of his gun,” Koichi Ito, a police expert said.

Junta cuts Internet, crackdown continues

YANGON: Soldiers broke up demonstrations and the government cut access to the Internet on Friday, raising fears of an intensification of the military junta’s crackdown on pro-democracy protests.

• Monasteries have been sealed or occupied by troops to keep a check on the Buddhist monks who are spearheading the agitation

• The United States imposed new sanctions on the junta’s leaders, and the United Nations dispatched a special envoy, who is expected to arrive Saturday

• Other nations have also expressed shock at the crackdown. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said he believed the loss of life in Myanmar was “far greater” than was being reported.