YANGON, Jan. 27 (Xinhua) -- Two series of explosions occurred in Kyaukkyi, Myanmar's Bago division, Tuesday morning without casualties but slightly damaged some buildings, the official newspaper New Light of Myanmar confirmed Wednesday.
The explosions five minutes apart took place in front of a building in Theindan ward and a house in Myitta ward around 4 a.m. (local times), slightly destroying the fences and windows of these buildings, the report said.
The authorities charged the anti-government ethnic armed group of Kayin National Union (KNU) brigade-3 with being responsible for the incident.
The authorities also blamed the KNU brigade-5 for killing seven people and injuring 11 others with a timed bomb in another incident in Papun, southeastern Kayin state, on Dec. 16 last year when a fun fair celebrating the ethnic Kayin new year day was underway.
That time-bomb exploded at some food stalls, clothing and toy selling shops provisionally erected in the market festival, then report said.
Moreover, the authorities also linked the KNU with killing three people and injuring two others in a terrorist attack on a passenger boat "Saw Ohmma" on the Thanlwin River in the same Kayin state on Nov. 10 last year.
KNU remains as the largest anti-government armed group in Myanmar having not made peace with the government yet.
The government claimed that a total of 17 anti-government armed groups have returned to the legal fold since it adopted a policy of national reconciliation since 1989.
Source :http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-01/27/c_13152783.htm
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