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Myanmar arrests ethnic rebel over small bombings
A 24-year-old ethnic Karen rebel has been arrested over two small bombings last week in central Myanmar in which no one was hurt, official media said Wednesday.
March 8, 2006 - Agence France Presse
Yangon: A 24-year-old ethnic Karen rebel has been arrested over two small bombings last week in central Myanmar in which no one was hurt, official media said Wednesday.
"The bomber was identified as Saw Gay The Mu ... a private of KNU Brigade-5 Headquarters, and an investigation into the case is continuing," the official New Light of Myanmar newspaper said.
The Karen National Union (KNU) is waging one of the world's longest-running insurgencies, in a 57-year struggle for autonomy in the ethnic Karen regions of eastern Myanmar.
Saw Gay The Mu was arrested on March 2 in the central township of Toungoo, just hours after he allegedly planted one bomb near a high school and another near a power transformer, the paper said.
The bombs caused only minor damage and injured no one, the paper said.
Efforts by the KNU and Yangon to reach a ceasefire were called off in 2004 after a shake-up in the government.
The military has ruled the country formerly known as Burma since 1962.