Police say an explosion near a busy intersection in the main city of Yangon
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Police say an explosion near a busy intersection in the main city of Yangon

Yangon : Myanmar | Dec 21, 2011 at 7:52 PM PST
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street view at Sule Pagoda intersection in Yangon, Myanmar

Police say an explosion near a busy intersection in the main city of Yangon, Myanmar has killed one person and injured at leasttwo others, one of them seriously.



The security officers at the scene said the explosion took place in the north part of the city in late Wednesday morning. He killed one woman and wounding at least two women in a public toilet. The wounded man was taken to the hospital.



The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they have no authority to speak to the media.



Police have cordoned off the area and used a police dog to search for bombs as possible. The bombings are rare but notunknown in Myanmar.



Towards the end of October, a bomb exploded in a homemadecab that kills the driver and injuring two passengers.

SOURCE: AP

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