At least five people were injured when a series of bombs went off near a border crossing between Myanmar and Thailand last night, according to local media reports.
At least five bombs exploded in the middle of the night at multiple locations on the Myanmar side of the border in Tachileik, a few kilometers from the Mae Sai border in Thailand’s Chiang Rai province. A Burmese outlet said five were injured, including the junta-allied local administrator. None of the injuries was believed to be severe.
The first blast struck at around 9:45pm behind the Macahokham district head’s home located 1.5 kilometers from the Mae Sai-Tachileik checkpoint. About five minutes later, three more bombs detonated along the Tachileik-Taunggyi road near the offices of the junta proxy political party, the Union Solidarity and Development Party. A fifth explosion struck at about 11:30pm in…
