<P>Witnesses said it was not clear whether shots were fired directly into the crowd or above their heads, but at least four people have reportedly died.
<P>The military has been broadcasting warnings that the protesters should go home or face "serious action".
<P>The fresh protests follow reports of overnight raids on six monasteries.
<P>According to witnesses soldiers smashed windows and doors and beat the sleeping monks. Some escaped but hundreds of monks were taken away in military trucks.
<P>Two members of the National League for Democracy, the party led by pro-democracy leader Andy Vincent Kumar, were also arrested overnight. 