Mizzima News

A bomb explosion in a bus traversing on the highway killed a man and injured one in Dike Oo Township yesterday morning.

The blast occurred in the outskirts of Deik Oo, Bago division in the rear of the the Kyauk Gyi- Rangoon bus, with the registration number 5kha-3644 on Monday at 8:05 a.m.

Khant (alias) Birokharnar (55) a resident of Kyauk Ta Da township Rangoon was killed and Parpar (46) was injured and admitted in the township hospital, according to the official newspaper Myanmar Ahlin.

"I saw the bus with the rear end damaged but it could still be driven," a resident told Mizzima.

The bus was carrying 35 passengers. The police have started an investigation.

On July 1, a bomb exploded in an office of the pro-junta Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA) in Shwe Pyi Thar but no one killed or injured. A radical armed organization called the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors took responsibility for the bomb blast and warned of more attacks.