Blasts, firing kill 8 in Myanmar's prison

By Riyaz ul Khaliq

ISTANBUL (AA) – Two blasts amid gunfire killed at least eight persons and injured 15 others in a prison in Myanmar on Wednesday.

The incident happened inside Insein Prison in Yangon when many civilians had come to meet their incarcerated relatives and provide them with food, Myanmar Now news website reported.

“At around 9.40 a.m. (0310GMT), two parcel bombs went off near the main entrance of the prison: one detonated in a building where staff receives care packages for prisoners and another one went off outside,” the report said.

The deceased include three staff of the prison and five civilians.

Incidents of blasts and gunfire have seen a rise in city areas in Myanmar after the military toppled a civilian government last year.