Explosive Uncertainty
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Explosive Uncertainty


By WAI MOE AUGUST, 2010 - VOL.18 NO.8


Firefghters carry an injured person to an ambulance after three bombs explode in Rangoon during Burmese new year’s festivities on april 15.(Photo: REUTERS)
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March 3, 2009
A bomb explodes at Padonma Park in Sanchaung Township, Rangoon, followed an hour later by a second blast at a bus stop in Hledan, Kamayut Township; no casualties reported in either incident.

Oct 18-19, 2008
Two bombs explode on successive days in Rangoon’s Shwepyithar Township; one person killed in the second blast.

Oct 18, 2008
A bomb explodes in Rangoon’s Yankin Township; no casualties reported. Another bomb explodes at a police station in the Thai-Burmese border town of Tachilek, Shan State; no one is reported injured.

Sept 25, 2008
A bomb blast hits downtown Rangoon, injuring six people.

Sept 11, 2008
Two bomb blasts at a video cafe northeast of Rangoon kill two people and injure 10 others.

July 14, 2008
A bomb explodes on a bus traveling from Kyaukkyi, Pegu Division, to Rangoon; one person is killed and another injured.

July 1, 2008
The Vigorous Burmese Student Warriors claim responsibility for a bomb blast at an office of the junta-backed Union Solidarity and Development Association in Rangoon; no casualties reported.

April 20, 2008
Two bombs explode in downtown Rangoon, about one hour apart; no casualties reported.

Feb 18, 2008
Four bombs explode in Tachilek; no casualties reported.

Jan 16, 2008
A bomb explodes on a bus traveling from Kyaukkyi to Rangoon, killing one man.

Jan 13, 2008
A bomb explodes at Rangoon’s main railway station, injuring two women.

Jan 11, 2008
A bomb explodes in Pyu, Pegu Division, killing one person and injuring four others. Another blast at the railway station in Naypyidaw kills one woman, in the first reported attack in the new capital.

July 26, 2006
Unknown assailants explode a landmine and shoot at a group of civil servants in Htantabin, Pegu Division, killing two and injuring five others.

July 24, 2006
A mine explodes in Penwegon, Pegu Division, injuring one woman. 

June 28, 2006
A bomb explodes in front of a grocery shop in Tachilek; no casualties are reported.

June 6, 2006
A bomb detonates after a man accidentally steps on it in Kyaukdaga Township, Pegu Division.

May 4, 2006
A bomb explodes near an electrical transformer on a road between Penwegon and Kyaukkyi, Pegu Division, causing slight damage.

April 20, 2006
Five small bombs explode in Rangoon’s Kyauktada and Lanmadaw townships, causing some property damage but no casualties.

March 2, 2006
Two bombs explode near a high school and an electrical transformer in Taungoo, Pegu Division, causing no casualties.

Feb 1, 2006
An explosion blows up a gas pipeline to the Myainggalay cement factory in Mudon Township, Mon State.

Jan 30, 2006
A small bomb is discovered at a local market in Pyu, Pegu Division, and is accidentally detonated at a police station, causing slight damage to buildings.

Jan 15, 2006
A small bomb explodes at a train station in Taungoo. No casualties are reported.

Jan 8, 2006
Two bombs explode at a market in the Indo-Burmese border town of Tamu, killing two people.

Jan 3, 2006
Two bombs explode in Pegu. No casualties are reported.



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