Two Myanmar protesters ‘shot dead by riot police’

Police charge forward to disperse protesters in Mandalay, Myanmar (AP)

Two anti-coup protesters have been shot dead by riot police who fired live rounds in Mandalay, Myanmar’s second-largest city, according to local media.

One of the victims was shot in the head and died at the scene, according to Frontier Myanmar, a news and business magazine based in Yangon, the country’s largest city.