Bomb Blasts in Burma—A Chronology

January 8, 2006
Two people are killed when two bombs explode at a market in the Burmese-Indian border town Tamu.

January 3, 2005
Two bombs explode in Pegu, about 80 km north of Rangoon, on the eve of celebrations marking the 58th anniversary of Burma’s Independence Day. No casualties are reported.

November 2, 2005
A small bomb explodes at a market in Penwegon, Pegu Division. No casualties are reported. The government blames the KNU for the attack. 

October 21, 2005
A small bomb explodes in front of Rangoon’s luxury Traders Hotel. No casualties are reported.

May 12, 2005
A small bomb explodes at a bridge near Latpan village in Min Hla Township, Magwe Division. No casualties are reported.

May 07, 2005
Nearly simultaneous bomb blasts rock two supermarkets and a convention center in Rangoon, causing an official toll of 19 dead and 162 injured but probably killing many more people.

April 26, 2005
A bomb explodes on the ground floor of Mandalay’s landmark Zay Cho Market, killing four people and injuring 15.

March 19, 2005
A small bomb explodes before dawn in a bathroom at the Panorama Hotel in Rangoon. No injuries are reported.

March 17, 2005
A small bomb explodes on a bus in eastern Rangoon, while a similar device is found and defused in the bus terminal. No injuries are reported.

December 24, 2004
A charge hidden in a cassette player explodes at a sports equipment shop in front of a stadium in Pa-an, Karen State, killing a 21-year old student and injuring three others.

December 21, 2004
A small explosion at Zaw Gyi House, a French-owned cafe and silk shop near Rangoon’s downtown Bogyoke Market, slightly injures a waiter. No damage is caused to the two-story wooden building.

November 22, 2004
A bomb explodes near a road checkpoint in Kawkareik, Karen State, injuring five officials.

November 18, 2004
A small explosion occurs in front of the Southern Division Court in Rangoon, causing minor damage and no injuries.

June 26, 2004
Three small bombs explode near the main railway station in Rangoon. No one is injured. Four other unexploded bombs are later discovered.

February 26, 2004
A small bomb explodes in the bathroom of a house in Laiza, a town on the Chinese border in Kachin State. The owner of the house, Col Lazing Bawk, deputy chief of staff of the Kachin Independence Army, is seriously injured and dies from his wounds in hospital.

August 04, 2003
Three mines explode at three separate places around the embankment of Yongyi Ward in Monywa, Sagaing Division. No injuries are reported.

August 03, 2003
Several people die when a bomb explodes at the inauguration ceremony of an airport in Homalin, Sagaing Division, in upper Burma. The explosion occurs shortly before the arrival of high-ranking junta officials, including Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Soe Win.

June 27, 2003
Two bombs explode in Taungoo, Pegu Division. No injuries are reported.

May 21, 2003
Four bombs explode in Tachilek, a Burmese border town adjoining Mae Sai in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province, leaving four Burmese nationals dead and destroying a statue of King Bayintnaung.

May 15, 2003
A bomb rocks a cinema in Pyu, about 230 km north of Rangoon, killing one person and injuring 47.

March 27, 2003
A bomb explodes in front of a state telecommunications office in Rangoon, killing at least one person and wounding three, as the country marks Armed Forces Day. Another bomb explodes near Maha Bandoola Park, opposite the US Embassy, injuring one person.

November 15, 2002
The Burmese Embassy in the Philippines capital Manila receives a letter bomb, which fails to detonate.