Two Dead, 22 Hurt From Bomb Blast in Northeast Burmese City Lashio

Two Dead, 22 Hurt From Bomb Blast in Northeast Burmese City Lashio
Officials inspect the damage after a bomb blast in Lashio, Burma Feb. 21, 2018 in this picture obtained from social media. Ministry of Information Webportal Myanmar/via Reuters
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YANGON–A bomb blast killed two bank employees and injured 22 other people in Burma’s northeastern city of Lashio on Wednesday, the government and the military said.

Police said an investigation was under way but would not elaborate on whether there were any suspects in the attack. Lashio is in Burma’s restive Shan State where several ethnic insurgent groups are fighting the Burmese military.