Yangon - Myanmar's state-run press on Sunday blamed two
deadly blasts on insurgents with backing from a 'foreign
organization' bent of 'practicing hegemony over Myanmar.'
The New Light of Myanmar, a government mouthpiece, blamed two
separate bomb attacks on Friday on saboteurs who died trying to
detonate their 'US-made powerful explosives.'
On Friday morning a bomb went off in a public toilet in Naypyitaw,
Myanmar's new military headquarters, killing one woman who was
originally described by the state press as an innocent victim.
On the same day another bomb was detonated near a football field
in Nyaungbintha Village, Bago Division, killing the man who was
suspected of planting the bomb and wounding four people.
State media identified the Bago bomber as an insurgent from the
Karen National Union (KNU), an ethnic minority rebel group that has
been waging a war against Myanmar's military for the autonomy of the
Karen State since 1948.
A second suspect, Saw Ra Makee, was arrested.
'According to his confession, the man who was killed in the
incident was Saw Di Thaw Mu with the rank of corporal in charge of
collecting extortion money of battalion 8, brigade 3 of KNU,' said
The New Light of Myanmar.
'A major group from abroad that is desirous of practicing
hegemony over Myanmar provided terrorist insurgent saboteurs with
cash and related equipment with the intention of harming the public,
causing panic among the people and undermining peace and stability,'
said the English-langauge daily.
The paper's Sunday edition also claimed that an investigation had
revealed that Naw Gay Lar, the woman killed in the toilet blast, had
died trying to plant the device.
'It can be assessed that the same major organization masterminded
these atrocities, for explosives used in both incidents are the
US-made powerful explosives and they are identical,' the paper said.
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