At least two bombs exploded outside a prison in Myanmar`s commercial hub Yangon on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 18, the junta said.
The blasts hit a crowd lining up to drop off parcels for inmates at Insein Prison on Wednesday morning, the junta`s information team said in a statement, without specifying exactly how many explosions had occurred. The junta said "terrorists" were responsible.
According to a witness, security forces locked down the area around the sprawling, colonial-era prison, which rights groups say holds hundreds of prisoners detained by the junta in its crackdown on dissent.
The Southeast Asian country has been in turmoil since the military seized power in a coup last year.