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Two killed in Myanmar train bomb blast
May 18, 2011, 14:54 GMT
Yangon - Two passengers were killed and nine others were injured when a bomb detonated on a Myanmar passenger train Wednesday afternoon, official sources reported.
MRTV reported that a man and a woman were killed while four men and five women were injured when the bomb exploded in the third coach of the train.
The detonation occurred near the city of Nay Pyi Taw, an official added, noting that an investigation was underway.
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