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Soldiers take to the streets as military seizes control in Myanmar coup

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Myanmar's military seized power in a coup against the democratically elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, who was detained along with other leaders of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party in early morning raids. The detentions came after days of escalating tension between the civilian government and the military in the aftermath of the election. Suu Kyi's party won 83% of the vote in only the second election since a military junta agreed to share power in 2011.
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