The Brave Eagles Urban Guerrilla group detonated a bomb at the Internal Revenue Department’s Tax Office on Pansodan Street in downtown Yangon at 12:15 p.m. on 5 June.

According to the Brave Eagles, the explosion injured the Deputy Chief officer of the Revenue Department, three employees and two people paying taxes.

“I was shocked at how loud the explosion was. There were injured people including the Deputy Chief Officer, staff and civilians. The explosion occurred on the third floor. According to what I've heard, one of them is in a critical condition. The rest are receiving care at the hospital”, said a local resident.

The injured were taken to Yangon General Hospital by ambulance.

The leader of the Brave Eagles, Ko Aung Myin, said to Mizzima: “Two citizens paying tax were affected. We have been telling people not to go into junta-affiliated areas for a long time. I feel awful for the two citizens.”

The condition of the six people injured in the blast is currently unknown.

Ko Aung Myin said: "We conducted this mission because we want to prove that we dare to enter their [the junta’s) places, like the Tax Revenue Office, to complete our missions. We also want to send a warning to employees not taking part in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) who currently work for the Military Council.”

The injured Deputy Chief Officer was not taking part in the CDM movement.

Following the explosion Pansodan Street was closed from Maha Bandula Road to Strand Road. Roadblocks were also set up on Merchant Road.

This was not the first attack on the tax office. On 7 January 2022, three explosions at the office killed a Chief Officer.