Get 40% Off
🤯 This Tech Portfolio is up 29% YTD! Join Now to Get April’s Top PicksGet The Picks – Just 99 USD

Bomb kills two police in northeast Myanmar near China border

Published 04/13/2015, 12:19 AM
Updated 04/13/2015, 12:21 AM
Bomb kills two police in northeast Myanmar near China border

Bomb kills two police in northeast Myanmar near China border

YANGON (Reuters) – - Two police officers from an anti-narcotics task force were killed and three wounded when a bomb exploded in a volatile area of northeastern Myanmar near the border with China, a police official said on Monday.

The motive for the bombing in Muse, a thriving trade center on the Chinese border, was not immediately clear.

The town is also not far from the Kokang self-administered Region, where fighting between government forces and the ethnic rebel group the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army has caused heavy casualties in recent months.

A police official, who asked not to be identified, said two police inspectors were killed when a bomb exploded while they were making a surprise check in a village near Muse, about 1,095 km (680 miles) northeast of Yangon on Saturday night.

"We're still looking into it. We have no idea who carried it out, or for what motive," the police official said.

Bomb attacks are not uncommon in Myanmar, where about 20 armed ethnic groups have been fighting against successive central governments for autonomy.

Drug-related fighting and similar attacks are also common in Shan state, a province located at the infamous Golden Triangle bordering China, Laos and Thailand and one of the world's biggest producers of illegal narcotics.

Latest comments

Risk Disclosure: Trading in financial instruments and/or cryptocurrencies involves high risks including the risk of losing some, or all, of your investment amount, and may not be suitable for all investors. Prices of cryptocurrencies are extremely volatile and may be affected by external factors such as financial, regulatory or political events. Trading on margin increases the financial risks.
Before deciding to trade in financial instrument or cryptocurrencies you should be fully informed of the risks and costs associated with trading the financial markets, carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite, and seek professional advice where needed.
Fusion Media would like to remind you that the data contained in this website is not necessarily real-time nor accurate. The data and prices on the website are not necessarily provided by any market or exchange, but may be provided by market makers, and so prices may not be accurate and may differ from the actual price at any given market, meaning prices are indicative and not appropriate for trading purposes. Fusion Media and any provider of the data contained in this website will not accept liability for any loss or damage as a result of your trading, or your reliance on the information contained within this website.
It is prohibited to use, store, reproduce, display, modify, transmit or distribute the data contained in this website without the explicit prior written permission of Fusion Media and/or the data provider. All intellectual property rights are reserved by the providers and/or the exchange providing the data contained in this website.
Fusion Media may be compensated by the advertisers that appear on the website, based on your interaction with the advertisements or advertisers.
© 2007-2024 - Fusion Media Limited. All Rights Reserved.