Those arrested in the early morning on December 16 by the Military Council in connection with the explosion at a traffic police station near the Thake Pan Road traffic light in Mandalay's Chan Mya Thar Si Township have not been contacted, according to family members.

At least five young men on motorcycles were beaten and arrested by the junta troops.

The explosion was a time bomb, one civilian was injured and no one was injured from the military council, according to a source.