Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – A bomb exploded at the entrance gate to the Myawaddy telephone exchange about 8 a.m. on Thursday. No one was injured.
The office is located about 100 feet from the township police station in No. 4 Ward. The town, located on the border with Thailand, has experienced a string of bombings recently.‘People living in the compound ran for cover as soon as they heard the explosion’, a local resident who lives near the office told Mizzima.
No communication equipment was damaged, and police sealed off the area.
On Wednesday, a bomb exploded on a Rangoon to Mandalay express train near Naypyitaw, the capital, which left two people dead and nine injured, according to the state-run New Light of Myanmar. The bomb exploded in the third coach in ordinary class behind the engine at about 3:55 p.m., ripping off the roof of the coach.
On Tuesday, a bomb exploded at a telephone exchange in Mudon, killing one policeman and injuring one man.
In March, a bomb went off in Myawaddy near a police station and a Christian church; no one was injured.
On February 9, two people were killed when a bomb exploded at a teashop.
On November 8, heavy urban fighting broke out in Myawaddy between a faction of the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) and government troops.
