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5 injured in hospital bomb blast in Myanmar's Mandalay

Sep 01, 2023

Yangon [Myanmar], September 1: Five people were injured on Thursday in a hospital bomb blast in Myanmar's second largest city of Mandalay, the information team of Myanmar's State Administration Council said.
The explosion occurred at around 1:30 p.m. local time on Thursday at a hospital in Mandalay, it said.
The information team reported that two men on a motorcycle entered the hospital premises, throwing two hand-made bombs before going away.
The victims of the explosion were five female office staff members, the information team said.
Source: Xinhua

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