Two people including a ward administrator were injured when a bomb was detonated at the Thanlyat Maw East Ward Administration Office in Mandalay City, at about 1:00 p.m. on 3 December.

According to the Special Task Force Mandalay (STF-MDY) guerrilla group its fighters detonated a bomb inside the Thanlyat Maw East Ward Administration Office in Maha Aungmyay Township, when the administrator and other staff were having a meeting.

A resident of Thanlyat Maw East Ward said: “It [the bomb] exploded inside the office. The Military Council-appointed ward administrator was hit and severely injured. I also heard that another person was injured.”

U San Win, the Ward Administrator, and a member of staff were seriously injured and taken to hospital by ambulance. Following the explosion junta soldiers started searching and inspecting members of the public in the surrounding area.

According to local media, at least five junta-appointed ward administrators have already been killed in Mandalay Region this year.