Explosion kills three people including two children in Myanmar's Yangon

YANGON (Xinhua): Three people, including two children, were killed in an explosion in Hmawbi Township of Yangon region on Saturday, local authorities said.

The blast occurred around 4pm local time on Saturday near a bus stop on Yangon-Pyay Road in Hmawbi Township of Yangon region, an official from the Hmawbi Township administration office told Xinhua on Saturday.

Due to the explosion at a garbage heap near the bus stop, a female waste picker and two children died on the spot, he said.

A total of nine explosions occurred in the Yangon region from Wednesday to Saturday, resulting in the deaths of four people and injuries to eight others, according to local police. - Xinhua