4/15/10 - Bombs Attack New Year Festivities - Yangon, Myanmar (AKA Burma)
Friday, April 16, 2010
10:11 PM
Claire Morcos
Labels: 04/10 , Bomb (ambiguous) , Myanmar , Unconfirmed , Yangon , 0 comments
Date: April 15th, 2010
Method: 3 Bombs
Location: Yangon, Union of Myanmar (AKA Burma)
Death Toll: 9
Injury Toll: 94
Perpetrators: Unconfirmed
The Globe and Mail reports:
Three bombs ripped through traditional New Year festivities in Myanmar's biggest city of Yangon Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 94 others, officials and state television said.There was no indication who was behind the blasts, which occurred at about 3 p.m. near some 20 pavilions erected for the celebrations at the sprawling Kandawgyi Lake. Myanmar is celebrating the annual four-day water festival, when people drench each other with water to usher in the Myanmar New Year on Saturday.
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