Bomb blast at high school in Tanintharyi Region’s Yebyu
A bomb exploded at a high school in Yebyu, Tanintharyi Region, at about 8 a.m. on Friday, according to a local resident.
01 Apr 2022
DMG Newsroom
1 April 2022, Yebyu, Tanintharyi Region
A bomb exploded at a high school in Yebyu, Tanintharyi Region, at about 8 a.m. on Friday, according to a local resident.
The local resident told DMG that the explosion went off near the school building as students were entering to sit the second day of the matriculation exam on April 1.
“A bomb exploded near a school classroom as students were trying to enter an exam room. The bomb blast shocked students and their parents,” the Yebyu resident added.
Military and police personnel conducted a search near the school following the blast, according to locals.
“As many as 90 students were there for the matriculation examination at the time of the bomb blast near the school building. No one was injured in the bomb blast,” said a parent of one student who did not want to be named.
More than 300,000 students in Myanmar registered for the ongoing matriculation examinations, which run from March 31 to April 9.
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