Casualties rise to 178 in Myanmar water festival bomb blasts
YANGON. April 16. KAZINFORM A total of 170 people were injured in a series of three bomb blasts in Myanmar's third day water festival activities in Yangon on Thursday afternoon, up from 94, while the death toll remained at eight, Friday's official daily New Light of Myanmar reported; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
Among the injured 125 are men, 45 are women, and among the dead, five are male, three are female, the report confirmed.
The report described such terrorist attacks in the water festival as being "merely intended to tarnish Myanmar traditional culture and insult the public."
The authorities warned revelers in various regions across the country including the new capital of Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay to remain vigilant against potential atrocities to help expose terrorists.
The daily condemned in an article the terrorist attacks, saying that "attacking those participating in the traditional Thingyan happily and peacefully with the bombs is an insult to the people. It is an inhuman act. Because of such subversive acts, we the people abhor and loath the terrorist insurgents"; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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