Recent Terror Attacks
VBSW
Active Terrorist Groups
Several terrorist groups remain active inside Burma and the government has put the alert on high during the run up to elections. A number of bomb attacks have occurred over the past year but responsibility has not always been claimed. The government has often blamed exile groups namely the Karen National Union and the ABSDF, but these accusations have been denied.
  • Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors
  • People's Guerrilla Front
  • Insurgent Groups

Government Statements
26 Nov 2010 The New Light of Myanmar published an article revealing the investigations into recent terrorist attacks targeting upcoming elections. It claims that security forces have arrested five men accused of plotting to bomb public places in three major cities, including an international airport. Suspects responsible for the bombing of an election commission office in Bago on Sept 29 are also alleged to had connections with the armed opposition group ABSDF and KNU
29 Apr 2010
 Rangoon authorities issued bomb alerts warning its residents that attacks similar to the April 15 water festival bombings could be immanent and asking people to report suspicious activity.
30 Jan 2010 Burmese Police Chief Brigadier General Khin Yi said several insurgent groups were engaged in plots to "jeopardize peace, stability and destroy the coming election" in a press conference on the arrests of 11 suspected insurgents, including Kyaw Zaw Lin. He singled out the KNU and ABSDF as two terrorist groups.
27 Jan 2010
 The government announced the arrests of 11 people accused of planning bombings to disrupt elections planned for this year. It said those arrested included a man who belongs to the People's Guerrilla Front, which is linked to the Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors.
2 Jun 2009 Authorities in Arakan State in western Burma alerted government offices of possible bomb attacks by foreign-based armed groups
27 May 2009
 The state-run newspaper The New Light of Myanmar claimed insurgent groups had assigned two terrorists to plant bombs in Naypyidaw, Rangoon, Mandalay and other major cities, with the aim of provoking public panic and causing casualties.


Other statements
25 May 2009 The All Burma Students’ Democratic Front—known as the “student army”—released a statement denying it had anything to do with the explosions.

Recent Bomb Attacks / Threats
20 Nov 2010 An explosion occurred at Gyopyaynanpyay Zedi of Nagayon Pagoda at Monsaleinda Park in the precinct of Eindawya Pagoda in Chana-yethazan Township, Mandalay, at about 7.45 am. The suspect Moe Zaw Latt, 49, suffered cuts and bruises from the explosion
17 Nov 2010 Acting on a tip-off, officials concerned discovered the four time bombs in two packages left under a table at Star Net internet café opened at the ground floor of City Star Hotel in Kyauktada Township and defused the bombs. The incident is under investigation to arrest the destructive elements who planted the bombs.
10 Oct 2010
 An explosion in an ordinance depot in Shan State East’s Monghsat destroyed at least two warehouses including the underground storerooms. A Burmese officer claimed there was no death or injury, but according to a Lahu source, three people were killed: a sergeant and two privates.
29 Sep 2010
 A bomb exploded at the Election commission office in Bago Township. No casualties were reported and staff had closed the office 45 minutes earlier. The government media blamed "insurgents, destructive elements and political opportunists" for the bombing
12-14 Sep 2010
 Two explosions left two people seriously injured in Myanmar's Bago region
10 Sep 2010
 Myanmar authorities defused a bomb planted near a Yangon market
25 Aug 2010 A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) and a pack of homemade explosives exploded and injured four soldiers in Three Pagodas Pass Township near the Thai border
14 Aug 2010 A bomb laid on a motorcycle went off near a checkpoint manned by the Democratic Karen Buddhist Army (DKBA) in southern Karen State's Three Pagodas Pass Township. No one was reported killed or injured.
6 Aug 2010 Two people were killed in a bomb blast in the town of Myawaddy near the border with Thailand where ethnic Karen fighters are battling the government
27 Apr 2010 One of two men who were reportedly arrested for trying to place a bomb in a Loikaw market detonated a bomb at a police station, killing himself and wounding four officers in Loikaw, eastern Kayah state. However another report said the incident occurred in Demawso, northeast of Rangoon
27 Apr 2010
 Four workers were injured at the Thaukyegat hydropower project in Htantabin Township, Bago Province after shells believed to be fired by Karen National Union troops fell on the site operated by a subsidiary of Asia World Company.
17 Apr 2010 At least 14 bombs exploded at Myitsone hydropower dam project in the northern state of Kachin in rapid succession. Kachin News Group based in Thailand reported that four people had died and 12 were injured in the blasts, the majority of whom were Chinese workers.
15 Apr 2010
 Three bombs explode at the X2O pavilion in Kandawgyi, Rangoon on the second day of the traditional water festival. The junta said that 10 people were killed including a municipal officer, Police Colonel and a Sub-Inspector. About 170 people were injured in the serial blasts. A regional commander of the Burmese Army was critically injured as well as a Chairman of the Minglar Taungnyunt Township Peace and Development council (TPDC). A police report said that three members of Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors (VBSW) were responsible and that the attack targeted Nay Shwe Thway Aung, the grandson of junta chief Sr-Gen Than Shwe
19 Feb 2010
 Two bombs exploded around noon at a market in Kawkareik Township in southern Karen State, leaving three people injured and causing minor damage. According to a staff member at the hospital in Pa'an, one of the victims later died. One undetonated bomb was also discovered.
17 Feb 2010
 Bomb blast in Laogai. 6 other bombs were reportedly found
16 Feb 2010
 Bomb blast in Panglong town in Shan State slightly injuring four civilians. The military junta reportedly blamed the Shan State Army-South for the blast.
15 Feb 2010
 Bomb blast in Junta seized Laogai, official sources say 9 were injured but the Shan Herald News Agency says 1 was killed and 11 injured
28 Jan 2010
 A bomb was reportedly discovered before it could explode at a UWSA trading office in Burma’s northeastern town of Mu-se near the border with China
26 Jan 2010
 Two blasts occurred in Kyaukkyi town in central Bago Division early in the morning, causing minor damage to property but no injuries. The New Light of Myanmar newspaper blamed the Karen National Union (KNU)
24 Oct 2009
 12 Bombs go off in Junta seized Kokang capital Laogai
16 Sept 2009
 Five bombs exploded in Hlaing Tharyar Township in Rangoon, another at an undisclosed industrial zone and a seventh one in Mingaladon Industrial Park, also in northern Rangoon. No one was injured
14 July 2009
 A small explosion occurred at a port in western Rangoon’s Ahlone Township
2 July 2009
 Burmese police uncover a bomb plot ahead of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's visit
27 May 2009
 Three bomb blasts shook parts of Moulmein, the capital of Mon State. No casualties were reported.
24 May 2009 A small explosive device was found in the roof of a lavatory of a train in Naypyidaw-Pyinmana Station
4 Mar 2009 Two bombs exploded in the space of an hour in Padomma Park, Sanchaung, Rangoon and at the Hledan bus stop. No casualties were reported




Last Updated on Thursday, 25 November 2010 20:03