YANGON, Mac 31 (NNN-MNA) – Three people, including two children, were killed in an explosion in Hmawbi Township of Yangon region, yesterday, local authorities said.
The blast occurred around 4.00 p.m. local time, near a bus stop on Yangon-Pyay Road, in Hmawbi Township of Yangon region, an official from the Hmawbi Township administration office told the media yesterday.
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 yesterday, resulting in the deaths of four people and injuries to eight others, according to the local police.– NNN-MNA
