Small time bomb caused Myanmar hotel blast (AP) / 15 October 2013 Police say a small, homemade time bomb was used in the explosion that struck one of the most prestigious hotels in Myanmar’s main city. Officer Myint Htwe of the police crime station in Yangon said Tuesday that three suspects have been detained in relation to the blast. The explosion that occurred before midnight Monday at the Traders Hotel in Yangon was one of series of unexplained small bombs to hit the country in recent days. An American woman was injured when the device went off in the bathroom of her 9th floor room. The power of the explosion blew out a window, shooting shards of thick glass more than 30 meters (yards) into the street. Her husband and two small children were uninjured. khaleejtimes/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=/data/international/2013/October/international_October428.xml§ion=international
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 05:08:03 +0000
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