The two, who died in police firing, were among at least 12 people killed in Myanmar by security forces, witnesses in media reported.

Witnesses told Reuters that five people were shot dead and several injured when police opened fire on a sit in protest in Mandalay, Myanmar's second biggest city.

A fan saw is the mother of one of those who died in Yangon, Try shop peddler.

I told my son that we have nothing and we will die if we go against them.

I would go and shoot back at them if I had a gun.

Now we can't do anything as we don't have guns.

Tell me, do we always have to keep silent and die?

Why are we dying for doing the right thing?

The deaths came as the leaders of the United States, India, Australia and Japan vowed to work together to restore democracy in the Southeast Asian nation.

More than 70 people have been killed in Myanmar in widespread protests against a February 1st coup by the military.

That's according to the Assistance Association for Political prisoners advocacy Mon wing Canton, who was appointed acting vice president by representatives of Myanmar's ousted lawmakers, addressed the public for the first time on Saturday from hiding via Facebook, vowing to pursue a revolution to overturn the junta and adding that quote.

This is the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close, yeah.