Word: shwe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Angry Crowd. While Thant's family pleaded for the return of the body, the city government promised to build a suitable mausoleum near the renowned Shwe Dagon pagoda. Before an agreement could be reached, however, Burmese troops and police unexpectedly stormed the campus and recovered the body. Their action led to riots throughout the capital. An angry crowd of 3,000 destroyed a police station; the Ministry of Cooperatives and two movie theaters were wrecked. Police opened fire in response. Although the government claimed that nine rioters had been killed, some reports indicated that there were many more dead...