Three people, including two children, were killed in an explosion in Hmawbi Township of Yangon region on Saturday, local authorities said. The blast occurred around 4 p.m. local time on Saturday near a bus stop on Yangon-Pyay Road in Hmawbi Township of Yangon region, an official from the Hmawbi Township administration office told Xinhua on Saturday. Due to the explosion at a garbage heap near the bus stop, a female waste picker and two children died on the spot, he said. A total of nine explosions occurred in the Yangon region from Wednesday to Saturday, resulting in the deaths of four people and injuries to eight others, according to local police. |
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