MYANMAR PROTESTERS MOURN FALLEN ANGEL, VOW TO FIGHT JUNTA

Music was playing in the background for the funeral of a fallen protester in the city of Mandalay on Thursday, following the bloodiest day of protests against the military coup Myanmar has seen, with 38 killed the day before, Athens Zaw Zaw reported for Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa).

"The blood has not dried yet. The country where martyrs live," went the lyrics of the song. Kyal Sin, 19, who also went by the name of Angel, was one of the 38 protesters who died on Wednesday, according to a fatalities count by the United Nations (UN) - the highest number of people killed since the military coup on February 1.

Kyal Sin was shot in the head while protesting peacefully against the coup and calling for justice. The young woman, a dancer and tae kwon do champion, was wearing a black T-shirt with the words "Everything will be OK" written on it and holding a bottle of Coca-Cola.

Following her death, people showed solidarity by posting photos of her alongside captions expressing their sorrow. "You are a true angel now. Please watch over us," one Facebook user wrote. Many gathered at the funeral in Myanmar's second-largest city early on Thursday to pay their respects.

Visitors placed colorful flower bouquets beside her portrait and walked past her body to say goodbye one last time. Some also took selfies. At the end of the funeral, hundreds of people raised their hand with the three-finger salute used by protesters and shouted

"The revolution must succeed." Kyal Sin was a first-time voter in November's election, in which Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won by a landslide.

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