At least one person was killed by the junta's troops in an attack on a crowd of protesters in Yangon’s Yuzana Garden City on Saturday. The man's body was taken away by the troops, a witness said. At least 25 people were also arrested in the crackdown. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/1DFXLH8w1p
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) March 27, 2021
此前，示威者呼籲要把這諷刺的軍人節改回真實原名「抵抗日」（Resistance Day），加大公眾對政變的反抗力度，舉行更多示威遊行。緬甸軍人節源於紀念該國1945年第二次世界大戰期間，軍民奮力抵抗日軍侵犯。然而26日晚間，國營緬甸廣播電視台（MRTV）公然播出軍政府的威脅，警告抗議活動最前線的年輕人記取至今的傷亡教訓，一旦出門抗議就將有被射中頭部或背部的危險。
軍方公告聲稱，年輕人將參加抗議活動是為兒戲，並要求為人父母者說服孩子退出示威行列。其實所有示威者都知道，有很多喪命的同伴是頭部中彈而死，並深知軍警的目標就是置他們於死地。軍政府還將示威者打為恐怖主義暴力的來源，放大他們扔擲汽油彈、使用彈弓的畫面。但真實情況是，安全部隊整整一個月都用真槍實彈攻擊和平抗議的人群，迫使民眾絕境求生。
As horrific reports of the coup regime’s brutality are coming in, we have also been receiving images of large-scale anti-coup protests happening today. In Pale, in Sagaing, more than 100,000 people, including monks and nuns, estimated to have taken part. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar pic.twitter.com/Rn63jFRE2S
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) March 27, 2021
少數民族武裝組織聲稱佔領軍營
一些反對派領導人呼籲，大城市的緬族抗議者可以與少數族裔聯手，共同抵抗軍政府。「今日緬甸」（Myanmar Now）27日指出，與軍方作戰多年的少數民族武裝組織「克倫民族聯盟」（Karen National Union，KNU）表示已經佔領克倫邦（Kayin state）穆特勞區（Mutraw）的一處軍事營地，並殺死10名國防軍士兵。
從KNU在臉書（Facebook）上發布的照片來看，他們似乎已經搶得軍方的機槍和火箭推進榴彈等武器。KNU說他們這麼做是因為，國防軍27日晚間向KNU控制的一個村莊發動空襲。
KNU seizes control of Tatmadaw base in Kayin state
— Myanmar Now (@Myanmar_Now_Eng) March 27, 2021
The attack on the base came as the military was holding a ceremony in Naypyitaw to mark Armed Forces Day. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar https://t.co/JdvPmTljpc pic.twitter.com/0lXRsR1kZu
