11 killed in Yangon blasts

Published May 8th, 2005 - 06:28 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Three explosions rocked Myanmar's capital on Saturday, killing 11 people and injuring 162 others in the latest bombings blamed on ethnic rebels in the military-ruled country.

 

The blasts occurred in rapid succession at a convention center and two bustling supermarkets in neighborhoods across the city of 5 million people starting around mid-afternoon. It was not immediately known how many people died at each site.

 

State television said several ethnic rebel groups, including the Karen National Union and the Shan State Army, were behind the attacks. It called the perpetrators "terrorists" who were trying to disrupt "stability and tranquility."

 

 

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