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Human rights organization says it has documented each of the 726 deaths at the hands of the junta and believes the number will rise as more information becomes available.

During Thingyan holidays, the regime killed at least another 26 citizens, sending the death toll since the Feb. 1 coup to 738.

Myitnge had staged daily anti-regime protests but had been spared a military crackdown until this week; national death toll climbs to at least 718.

The pair were riding a motorbike and returning home after collecting cow’s milk to sell in their community.

A single day of Bago raids took the lives of more than 80 civilians, pushing toll since the Feb. 1 coup to more than 700.

At least five people were killed when junta forces used grenades during an assault on a roadblock in Kale, Sagaing Region, and more killings were reported in Shan State.

Forces establish base in monastery compound in Bago then fire randomly, killing civilians and bystanders.

Villagers use antique percussion lock firearms in clash with security forces in Sagaing Region; regime forces use explosives against protesters in Mandalay.

Protest-related death toll climbs to 475 on Tuesday and is expected to go much higher due to the number who have been seriously wounded.

Three more killed on Thursday night and another four shot to death on Friday, pushing the number of lives lost even higher.

Several people were also shot and wounded during night raids and street protests, which resumed around the country on Thursday morning.

Seven killed late Friday and Saturday, including a 15-year-old and the mother of three children; toll now 238.

Since the military seized power last month, more than 49 unarmed civilians have been killed by the regime’s security forces.