Man Dies In Bomb Blast In Myanmar

The bomb exploded at about 5:30 p.m. and one man was killed.

A bomb killed a man in a town north of Yangon in the second of two blasts over the weekend in or near the former capital of army-ruled Myanmar, police said.

The man was killed on Sunday in Shwepyitha Township, about 20 km (12 miles) north of Yangon.

"The bomb exploded at about 5:30 p.m. and one man was killed," a police officer told Reuters, saying he could give no further information while an investigation was being carried out.

Another bomb exploded early on Saturday evening on a football pitch in Yankin Township in northeastern Yangon, residents and police officials said. No one was injured in this blast.

Police defused another bomb found nearby after combing the area, official newspapers reported on Monday.

Bomb explosions are fairly common in the former Burma and the junta usually puts the blame on anti-government dissident groups, either armed ethnic groups fighting for greater autonomy or pro-democracy activists.

Four people were injured on Sept. 25 when a bomb went off outside City Hall in Yangon the day before the first anniversary of a bloody crackdown on anti-government protesters.